The Young Emperor and the Fearless

At a quarter of noon, except for more and more onlookers, no other people related to the case came, so they decided not to wait.

Su Yu led the way and led a large group of people to the deep house compound in the bushes.The place was said to be far away or not close. After walking for about half an hour, I finally arrived.

As soon as they saw this house, someone in the crowd said: "I remember that this place was built more than ten years ago by the former town magistrate, but it has been abandoned for many years since that town magistrate returned home."

The people in Donghe Town like to be lively, and they often gather in small groups to chat about irrelevant gossip.But the town magistrate liked to be quiet and didn't like to live in the government office, so he purposely built this house one mile outside the town.

There are several locks in the house. It is said that the town magistrate set them up to keep wild animals out of the mountains.However, more than ten years later, although the lock is old, it has not rusted.

There are people coming and going in this house.

The yamen servant roughly knocked on the door lock, and went in one after another. When he entered the courtyard, he was first attracted by the corpse of the hunting dog in the courtyard.

The yamen servant asked, "Why are there still dogs?"

Su Yu said: "It's for the house."

The dead body of the child was in the room, and the officials stopped the onlookers and went in first, and then asked the relatives who lost the child to identify them one by one.

Mrs. Li accompanied the woman here, holding her hand and comforting her.Everyone else went in to watch, but the woman didn't move.She said: "My heart is up and down, and I have a bad premonition."

Mrs. Li said: "It's a knife anyway, the sooner you see it, the sooner you will be relieved."

Others thought the same way. When the yamen servants let them in, they were very straightforward.

However, they didn't stay for a moment after entering, and they came out again, almost all with solemn faces, and said repeatedly: "It's too cruel, it's not human to treat a child like this!"

Judging from their tone of voice, the one lying inside doesn't look like a child from their family.

The woman gritted her teeth, tears streaming down her face, hesitated, and felt even more uneasy.

Mrs. Li said: "Go, I will accompany you in."

Mrs. Li was older than the woman, but it was she who supported the woman and approached the room and the bed. The woman's face became paler and her hands trembled more and more.

When she saw the person lying on the bed clearly, the woman screamed: "My son..."

Then rolled his eyes and passed out.

Mrs. Li tried to support her, but was brought down and sat on the ground.

The yamen servant asked, "Is this her child?"

How did Mrs. Li know that the woman fainted after yelling, and didn't say yes or no.But judging by the woman's reaction, there should be nothing wrong.Old Madam Li said: "Her son's name is Wang Zhiyuan, and this is the child."

**

"Wang Zhiyuan?"

"It's called this. His mother fainted when she saw his body, and she woke up only when she was sent to the government office. Afterwards, she cried bitterly. Wang Zhiyuan disappeared two months ago and has never been heard from. At that time, his mother I reported it to the officials, and the government office sent people to search Donghe Town for a few days, but there was no clue, so nothing happened."

Su Yu returned to the inn from the government office, leaving seventeen people there to pay attention to the matter.

After hearing him finish speaking, He Li didn't make a sound, looked at a certain place for a while, and then murmured: "So the boy's name is Wang Zhiyuan."

Ju Xie said: "The government office has already taken over this matter, so you don't have to worry about it. You can rest easy and recover from your injuries, so that you can recover as soon as possible."

But Heli shook his head: "Since we have already been involved, we can't give up halfway. The murderer who killed the child, and the man who bullied him, must not be let go."

Su Yudao: "The government office arrested Wu Xianming, who sold candied haws, and the government officials said he was the murderer in this case."

He Li said: "But the evidence is solid?"

Su Yu said: "I haven't been convicted yet, so there should be a trial."

He Li paused, and said: "Since Wang Zhiyuan is one of the missing children this time, it can be confirmed that there is more than one person involved in this case. Judging from his experience, he was forcibly taken away, sent to the bed of a strange man, and then arrested again. Locked in a house outside the town, involving two abusers and two guards. I'm afraid there are more people..."

Su Yu said: "They may take orders from one person and do things for them."

He Li said: "It is indeed possible. When I was kidnapped the day before yesterday, a group of people swarmed here, some of them looked like ordinary people who were plotting to commit crimes. Otherwise, it would not be so strange, coming at the same time. From this, it can be seen that Ding Someone appointed them."

Su Yudao: "Before Mr. Li was taken away, they should have been targeted long ago. However, they have always been targeting children. Why did they choose Mr. Li this time?"

This question of his made Ju Xie couldn't help chuckling, He Li turned his head, wondering, "Why are you laughing?"

Juxie said: "There are bandits and gentlemen, who cut like sharpening, like cutting like grinding. Those who have evil intentions will notice it and have charming thoughts."

Su Yu said sternly: "We're talking about business, Mr. Ju should stop joking."

Ju Xieman said indifferently: "I'm just stating what the other party thinks, it's not a joke."

He Liquan took it as a compliment to him, without any displeasure, and said, "Forget it, let's not mention this matter for now. Su Yu, you bring Wang Zhiyuan's mother, I have something to say to her."

**

Outside the yamen office, there were countless people surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside. They were stopped by the yamen servants and could not get close. They all stretched their necks to poke inside, discussing a few words from time to time.

Wang Zhiyuan's body was placed in the courtroom, and Wu Zuo was conducting an autopsy.

Zhen Ling lived in the upper seat, looked down at everyone in the hall, slapped the gavel, and said in a loud voice: "Silence!"

In an instant, there was no sound in the courtroom.

Wu Zuo bowed and said: "My lord, this person has multiple stab wounds and club wounds, and he was beaten and stabbed to death. Moreover, there is a row of deep canine marks on this person's calf, which should have been bitten by a dog. "

Zhenling said: "How long has he been dead?"

Wu Zuo said: "according to my inference, he died yesterday."

The town order still had something to say, but was interrupted by a burst of crying.Wang Zhiyuan's mother was already sobbing, but when she heard their conversation, she couldn't suppress it, she was distraught, and burst into tears.

Zhenling frowned and said loudly: "Above the court, keep quiet. Someone, go and bring the suspect up."

The yamen servant was ordered to retreat.

Outside the courtroom, some people were whispering.

"Who is the suspect? When was he caught?"

"I dare say you haven't heard about what happened to the Wu family yesterday. That person's name is Wu... He seems to be called Wu Mingming. He sells candied haws. He often wanders outside the school. I heard that he is extremely suspicious."

"I've also heard that he is always staring at those children, and he is not a good person at first glance."

"Besides, this person has a bad relationship with his family. When his family mentions him, they are always avoiding it. If it wasn't for some wicked things, how could this happen?"

Wu Xianming has never left a good impression on others, so it is not surprising that he got these comments for no reason.When he was escorted up, there were constant curses outside the hall.

Wu Xianming's ears are good, and he could hear those words clearly, but he didn't see any anger, and knelt down in the hall without changing his face, and saluted very politely.

The town order said: "Who is in the hall, report the name."

Wu Xianming said: "The villain Wu Xianming."

Zhenling said: "Do you know why you were called to the hall?"

Wu Xianming said: "The villain doesn't know."

Zhen Ling said: "Look around, do you know the deceased?"

A few steps away from Wu Xianming was the corpse of the child. The child was tortured before death, and his appearance was quite miserable after death.Wu Xianming glanced over, his eyes twitched, and said, "The villain doesn't know him."

The town order sternly said: "On the court, you must not speak nonsense."

Wu Xianming was extremely calm and said, "My lord, I dare not lie."

The town order said again: "You can distinguish carefully, you really don't know the deceased."

Wu Xianming buried his head and said word by word: "I don't know."

The town order tried Wu Xianming once, but he refused to admit that he had anything to do with the child's disappearance, which really gave the town order a headache.

Now, in the face of accusations from many onlookers and the corpses of the children in the hall, Wu Xianming is still calm and composed. It seems that it is not easy for him to let go.

The town order was unable to do so, so the yamen servant had to detain him for the time being, and try again at another day.

When leaving the hall, Wang Zhiyuan's mother wanted to take the body back for burial, the town order approved, and asked the government servants to help carry the body to the woman's home.

The child who had been missing for two months came back, but it was a cold corpse, and the Wang family was in great pain.

On the same day, a mourning hall was set up for the child and the funeral began.

Neighbors and folks came to mourn, and they all sighed.

The Wang family was poor, and they had originally planned to wait for Wang Zhiyuan to gain fame in the examinations and get ahead, but they didn't expect to encounter such bad luck.

Wang Zhiyuan's mother had two children before, one died within a few days of birth, and the other did not live a year.After finally raising Wang Zhiyuan to such an age, she suddenly disappeared. Her heart was broken, and she sneaked out of the house and came to the river.

Compared to what she is doing now, she would rather never find Wang Zhiyuan, so at least she still has hope in her heart.

But everything is over, people are gone, life and death are separated, and they will never come back.

The woman covered her face with her sleeves and washed her face with tears.Then, looking at her reflection in the river, she gritted her teeth and jumped.