Reborn Lord

It was not until dawn that Chang Wenbai and his party came back, but as Lu Moning expected, they searched at the bottom of the cliff all night, but found nothing.

Even Chang Wenbai searched down the river for several miles, but he couldn't find anyone.

In the end, if the servants didn't see that Chang Wenbai was in a bad mood and pulled him back alive, the other party would probably keep looking for him.

When Lu Mo Ning heard the movement, he went to the front hall, and saw Chang Wenbai sitting on a stone slab in a daze, with his head down, his body was dirty and messy, and his hair was untied. How could he still be as handsome and clean as he usually sees? There was a pale, dead air all over his body.

Lu Mo Ning walked over and looked at the yamen servant who was standing anxiously aside: "Did you find anyone?"

The yamen servant shook his head: "Lord Lu, we searched all over the bottom of the cliff, and even went down the river when we thought we might fall, so we kept following the river to find it. We dived into the water a few times, but nothing happened. Found...Master Lu, please persuade the boss, this..."

They probably didn't dare to express their condolences, fearing that they would irritate Chang Wenbai again, so they could only hope that Lu Moning could find a solution.

Lu Mo Ning waved his hand: "You go and do your work first, I persuade him."

The eyes of several yamen servants lit up, they responded, and then pushed away.

They searched all night, and they were exhausted. Now they can change into clean clothes, and prepare a set for the boss. If they are persuaded later, they should change quickly, otherwise they will be soaked in cold water like last night. , is going to be sick.

After the yamen servant left, only Sang Pei, Lu Moning, and Chang Wenbai were left in the front hall. Lu Moning asked Sang Pei to go down to rest too, but Sang Pei just shook his head.

Lu Mo Ning knew his stubbornness, but he didn't say anything. He sat beside the long stone chair: "Captain Chang, I know that you feel uncomfortable, but there may be a sentence that I don't know whether I should say it or not."

Chang Wenbai seemed to have lost consciousness, just sat there in a trance, with his eyes downcast, unable to see his eyes, the whole person seemed to have lost his soul, in a trance.

Lu Mo Ning continued: "I inspected the carriage before, and when I came back, I thought of one thing. Have you ever thought about it, Mr. Chang may not find the bodies of the young lady and the maidservant? There is another possibility... ...The young lady is still alive?"

This sentence was finally heard by Chang Wenbai, he raised his hand abruptly, revealing a pair of sad and scarlet eyes, the eyes were dead silent, vast and empty, his chapped thin lips moved, and after a long time, he hoarsely said: "When ……real?"

Finally, a glimmer of hope flashed through his eyes to hold on to straws.

Lu Mo Ning said affirmatively: "I'm [-]% sure. Captain Chang, do you still remember that when the young lady came yesterday, the branches cut off by the yamen who pruned the branches were almost hit by you? At that time, Captain Chang, you were protecting the young lady. Madam came, at that time the maid was holding the tree branch which weighed more than one hundred kilograms with one hand. At that time, Hong Yatou exclaimed that the maid's arms were astonishing, I am afraid that the strength is not weak, even if it can carry one or two grown men. , I don’t know... Is what I said right?”

Chang Wenbai's mind was in a mess, but he listened to what Lu Moning said about the maid, and murmured: "Yes, your lord is right...Aqiu is indeed very strong. My son said that being able to protect her personally, what matters most is that the other party stretches out his hand, yes, your lord is right..."

Seeing that he was in a trance, Lu Mo Ning kept murmuring, knowing that he might be having difficulty thinking now, so he continued: "So I went to the cliff to watch, and found that there was still some time before the cliff started. Ah Qiu is so strong, is it easy to rescue the young lady from the carriage and jump into the carriage again? There is only one thing, but I don’t understand it. It’s been a day. If the young lady is not dead, why? Why don't you go back to Changfu?"

Lu Moning's words finally seemed to pour a basin of cold water on Chang Wenbai's head.

His scarlet eyes, which had been in a trance, finally woke up from the chaos. He slowly turned his head stiffly, looked at Lu Mo Ning, and after a long time, he seemed to be crying and laughing: "My lord...you said Is Yi'er really alive?"

Lu Mo Ning put his hands on his knees, slowly curled them into his wide sleeves, and said with a gentle smile, "Yes, but I have been unable to figure out this point, so I'm not sure, Chief Chang, do you think there is something wrong? Is it possible that the Young Madam was in a bad mood because of the incident of taking a concubine before, so she deliberately avoided Chang's arrest?"

Chang Wenbai seems to be enlightened, or it seems that he is just holding on to this glimmer of hope: "It's all my fault... I shouldn't be angry with her. She was forced to stay in the mansion by me. Didn't I know her a long time ago?" I don't like me at all, why should I care about these things... Yes, it's all me, I will go to her, I will apologize to her, she will let me do whatever..."

Chang Wenbai murmured, and suddenly raised his arm to cover his eyes.

Lu Moning's thin lips moved, and his voice was lowered: "Captain Chang, don't worry, maybe the young lady just went to relax, what do you mean by forcefully staying in the mansion?"

Chang Wenbai seemed to realize what he just said, and shook his head: "No...it's okay..."

He stood up abruptly, forced a smile, "My lord, I'll look for Yi'er first, and when I find it, I'll take Yi'er to thank you, I..."

"Don't be in a hurry to catch the head of Chang. Since you have confirmed that the young lady is fine, let her calm down first. When she calms down, she may come back. I just did some research last night and suddenly found some evidence. The specific details of the murderer Identity, I have some clues, Chief Chang, you know this state government best, you can help me analyze it."

After all, Lu Mo Ning dragged Chang Wenbai towards the back hall involuntarily.

Chang Wenbai was dragged away by Lu Moning, he was in a daze, but he was actually dragged away. When he recovered, he was already dragged to the morgue.

He saw Lu Mo Ning take out the seven wanted lists, and he erased the traces marked earlier, he clicked on these wanted lists, and said again what he told Hong Guangping earlier: "...Chang Butou , You said the murderer, how did he know about these criminals who committed crimes more than ten years ago? The wanted lists and files of these people were all sealed in the warehouse at that time, how did he know? So, this officer has a bold idea speculation..."

Chang Wenbai finally came back to his senses at this moment, he was anxious to find Chao Feiyi, stood up, "Master Lu, how about I go find Yi'er first, and wait until I turn back..."

His voice was a little soft, Lu Mo Ning clicked on the wanted list, suddenly raised his head, his pupils were pitch-black, causing Chang Wenbai's voice to stop abruptly for no reason.

I heard Lu Moning's voice clearly in my ears: "Chang Butou, I have already asked the old yatou who guards the warehouse door. He said that half a year ago, the key to the warehouse was indeed lost once, or Chang Chang returned the head, so I speculate that the murderer is probably... a member of the yamen.

There is also a possibility that it has something to do with the loss of the key to the warehouse last time. The key you picked up in Changbutou, was it you who picked it up, or was it given to you by someone else? "

Lu Mo Ning's last words, like a thunderbolt, made Chang Wenbai, who was originally restless, suddenly raised his head, and he was stunned: "You...what did you say?"

Lu Mo Ning stared into his eyes, and repeated word by word: "Captain Chang, I suspect that the murderer who killed the seven dead is probably someone from the yamen.

Only they are the most likely to have access to these dusty files, and it may even be related to the loss of the warehouse key half a year ago. The old yatou said that Chang Butou returned the key half a year ago. Did you pick it up yourself, or... Someone handed it to you?

If the latter, who gave it to you? "

Chang Wenbai's whole body trembled, he didn't know what he thought of, his originally scarlet eyes widened a little bit.

It was as if the whole body had been electrified, and he took the seven wanted lists suddenly, stared at them in disbelief, flipped through them one by one quickly, and at the end, he clasped his fingers tightly on himself, his whole body trembling. I couldn't stop trembling.

He opened his mouth and looked at the wanted list. A short sound came out of his throat, like a hoarse and painful growl, but because his throat was soaked in cold water overnight, it was unbelievably hoarse, and he was forced to suppress it.

Lu Mo Ning clenched his fingers a little bit, and his voice was soft and peaceful, as if he didn't understand: "Captain Chang, what's wrong with you? But what did you think of? This is very important to this case. Tell me about Catcher Chang? "

Chang Wenbai shook his head a little bit, as if he was about to say something, but he threw down those wanted lists, and they fell to the ground, staring at them, as if he was afraid of being scalded. , raised his head quickly, and said quickly: "Master, sir... I, I think I still have something to do, first... Let's take a step first... The key you mentioned, who gave it to me, just... ...I just picked it up by myself...No one else's...I'm afraid you are overthinking, how could it be someone from the yamen, ha, how could it be possible?"

He stepped back step by step, turned around suddenly, and started running outside.

Sang Pei didn't stop him, he looked at Chang Wenbai who was running out like crazy, turned his head, and saw Lu Mo Ning was slowly squatting down, and the wanted lists were scattered on the ground one by one very slowly, Pick them up one by one.

The black snake changed back at some point, and came to his hand with a wanted list in its mouth. Lu Mourning looked at the black snake, without saying a word, and dusted off the wanted list.

Looking at the words on the wanted list that were stamped by Chang Wenbai, it happened to be 15 years ago...

It seems that he guessed correctly.

I'm afraid Chang Wenbai... really knows Pei Chao's identity.

Pei Chao planned this last game, as expected, for Chang Wenbai.

Pei Chao might have foreseen this scene long ago, and Chang Wenbai's reaction like something happened to him. If it wasn't for designing this situation, no one could have predicted what Chang Wenbai would do stupidly.

For the next two days, Lu Mo Ning did not see Chang Wenbai again. He only heard from the people in the yamen that he went to the bottom of the cliff and searched for the body again and again. He was even convinced that Chao Feiyi was dead. Together with the maid, he must be dead. of.

Sang Pei seemed to have doubts, he heard clearly at that time, obviously at that time the head arrester of Chang believed that the young lady was not dead, but why?

However, seeing that Lu Mo Ning didn't say anything, he also fell silent, as if he didn't know.

And when it was getting dark on the third day, Lu Mo Ning suddenly kept several government servants from the state government on the grounds of discussing the case, because he hadn't seen Chang Wenbai for three days, and he hadn't been notified.

When it was getting dark, suddenly there was a sound of gongs and drums from a part of the state government office, accompanied by the shout of the old government office: "Catch the thief! Catch the thief!"

As soon as the government servants heard this, they rushed out and rushed towards the warehouse. How dare someone steal their state government office?Don't die!

It's just that when Lu Mo Ning and the others arrived, Sang Pei had already controlled the man in black one step ahead, wrapped his arms around him, and knelt down on the ground.

The yard outside the warehouse was lit by an oil lamp by the old yatou, and it was brightly illuminated. He pointed at the man in black and said, "Who are you? Why did you steal the files of our state government?"

Lu Mo Ning and the others happened to hear this sentence when they arrived. When the yamen servants heard that it was worth it, they grabbed their sleeves and wanted to beat him up. But someone stepped forward and just tore off the mask of the man in black. With a handsome face, everyone was dumbfounded: "Boss, boss?"

"This...how is this possible?"

"Boss, is it because our eyes are dazzled, why are you stealing the files?"

"..."

Lu Mo Ning also walked up to him, pretending to be surprised and saying, "Captain Chang, what are you doing?"

Chang Wenbai lowered his eyes and didn't look at Lu Moning. He suddenly pulled out a knife from his cuff and was about to stab him, but was quickly knocked off by Sang Pei.

Chang Wenbai raised his head and glared at Lu Mo Ning like a "broken can": "Didn't you guess it all? Didn't you guess that the murderer was from the Yamen? You guessed it right, it was me... for half a year It was I who stole the key and took those files before, and I killed those people! Damn them, they have been on the run for so many years and kept their names incognito, so I thought I couldn’t catch them? I’m doing justice for the sky...I didn’t wrong!"

All the yamen servants were dumbfounded: "..." What is the boss talking about?What kills?

Lu Mo Ning sighed: "Chang Butou, you let me down so much, I didn't expect that it was really you."

Lu Mo Ning did not expect that Chang Wenbai really came, and he did not miss a step, so he really followed Pei Chao step by step.

That's right, after four years of getting along, the person who knows Chang Wenbai best is probably him.

Chang Wenbai was locked up alone, under the guard of Sang Pei himself. After Chang Ronghuan got the news, he hurried over, waved everyone away, and lowered his voice: "Lord Lu, what's going on? How do you find out who the murderer is?" Is it on my head?"

Lu Mo Ning said: "Master Chang doesn't know, we are acting."

"Eh?" Chang Ronghuan, who was sweating in anxiety, was dumbfounded when he heard this: "Acting? What kind of play?"

Lu Moning explained that what he analyzed might be someone from the yamen, but he concealed the matter of the key, "After the analysis with Chief Chang, I felt that the murderer was likely to be from the yamen, but we were not sure whether it was someone from the yamen. Which one, so I played such a play, let the other party think that the murderer has been caught, he relaxes his vigilance, and I will eliminate them one by one, and the murderer will be caught. Chang's arrest is to cooperate with me, and he did not tell in advance Master Chang, it was the mistake of the subordinate officials."

Changrong let out a sigh of relief: "So that's the case, I scared my brother, since it's like this, it's okay, I'm going to see Baier..."

However, Lu Mo Ning stopped the other party: "No, my lord, the murderer is now in the state government office. If he is found out, I'm afraid it's... not appropriate, and it's easy to startle the snake. So not only can't you go to see Chang Zhao Head, but also to act like a righteous family, so that the other party will believe it."

After all, Chang Ronghuan still believed in Lu Mo Ning, plus he believed in his son's character and would never kill anyone, so he believed it.

It's just that he always felt that something seemed wrong, but after Lu Mo Ning said a few words, he no longer doubted it. That night, he found all the government officials in the state government and made a fuss, explaining Lu Mo Ning's suspicion and Chang Wenbai's suspicion , told them not to get close to the suspect, and then went back under the surprised eyes of all the yamen servants.

When everything calmed down, it was already midnight, and Lu Mo Ning asked the yamen guards to disperse, and Sang Pei guarded a separate cell, and left the state yamen with Hong Guangping.He went there according to an address that Hong Guangping had obtained in the past few days.

When walking halfway, it started to rain, Lu Moning walked very slowly, Hong Guangping held an oiled paper umbrella, and when he finally reached a very remote and almost deserted yard, Hong Guangping pushed it The door was pushed open directly.

Lu Mo Ning and Hong Guangping walked in, walked in, looked up, and saw that the door of the main hall was open at a glance.

One of them was shrinking on the plush blanket in front of the door, leaning against a side alone, and raised his eyes when he heard the movement. Through the mist, Lu Mo Ning could clearly see the other party's clear eyes, calm and calm, a little A hoarse voice slowly said: "You are here."