"let's start."

Hong Qingrui stood in front of the grave and said.

The village chief and several old men from Zuojiazhuang exchanged glances, the village chief closed his eyes and turned around, "Let's dig."

I just hope that something can be found out, otherwise it will be a crime!

While Luo Zhong was leading people to dig the grave, Hong Qingrui walked around the grave.

"Open the coffin!"

There were a lot of people and the digging was quick. After a while, the coffin was revealed in front of everyone. The villagers who came to take a peek couldn't help but cover their eyes, for fear of seeing something they shouldn't see.

Ten years had already dissipated the smell of the bones, but no matter how it dissipated, the moment the coffin was opened, everyone couldn't help but cover their mouths and noses.

This is an indescribable smell.

Hong Qingrui stepped forward and said calmly, "No limbs."

Luo Zhong stepped forward and saw only a skeleton in the coffin.

He sighed softly: "The clue is broken."

"Who said it's broken?" Hong Qingrui turned around, pointed to the back of the grave, "digged it open."

The village chief let out an ouch, and stepped forward to pull Hong Qingrui to stop him, "My lord, nothing was found after the coffin was opened, so what else can be dug up?"

Hong Qingrui glanced at the village head, who shook his body inexplicably, quickly stepped aside, and said with a smile: "You dig, you dig."

"Brother Hong! Someone dug a hole here!"

Luo Zhong hadn't exerted any force yet, the soil at the back loosened, he stepped on the back position suspiciously, but he didn't want to step on it, and there was an empty piece, the size of this piece was just enough to fit a person .

Hong Qingrui squatted down, picked up a piece of soil, squeezed it, "The digger left for about two hours."

Luo Zhong looked at the village chief, whose legs were trembling.

"No, no one, no outsiders enter the village today!"

"Then call the village meeting! If you're not an outsider, isn't there anyone in the village?"

Qian He kicked the dirt under his feet and said loudly.

The village chief wiped the sweat off his face, "Yes, yes, a village meeting! A village meeting!"

Zuojiazhuang Ancestral Hall.

Hong Qingrui stood aside, watching Qian He and Luo Zhong interrogate the villagers one by one.

"After something happened in Houshan, my mother-in-law and I only went to work in the afternoon, and we didn't go in the morning or evening."

"Why not go?"

Qian He said strangely.

"Tsk, it's cloudy in the morning and evening! Everyone understands this, so they only go after noon."

As soon as the man finished speaking, Qian He saw several people nodding.

This investigation yielded nothing.

On the way back.

"Brother Hong, the village chief is evasive when he speaks. He is afraid that he has something to hide from us."

With his horse's belly in his arms, Qian He came to Hong Qingrui's side and said.

Hong Qingrui looked at her hands, "Go to Tu's house."

"What are you doing! What are you doing! Why are you arresting people!"

Lady Tu grabbed Li Xiaodao and prevented Hong Qingrui and others from taking him.

Hong Qingrui didn't say much, and directly clasped Li Xiaodao's left hand and held it in front of Mrs. Tu, "Just rely on the mud left between his nails! Take it away!"

Lady Tu was taken aback for a moment, and Li Xiaodao was escorted away by Qian He and others as soon as she came back to her senses.

"Mud, what's wrong with the dirt! What's the matter with some dirt under our fingernails for those who do rough work! Officer, you dug my brother's grave, and now you're taking my son-in-law away without asking for nothing! Where is it! Where can Wang Fa be found!"

It was not a small commotion for Mrs. Tu to throw a splash, and soon the gate of the courtyard was full of people.

Hong Qingrui ignored Mrs. Tu's yelling, and flew to the top of the house. Although the gravediggers dug a hole, there was no trace of the outer edge of the cemetery. Only grave thieves would have such a method According to rumors in the rivers and lakes, whenever a thief dug a grave, the first thing he did when he returned home was to throw the clothes he was wearing when he dug the grave on the roof, and he could take it down three days later.

Legend has it that only in this way can evil spirits be warded off.

Sure enough, after walking a dozen or so steps, Hong Qingrui appeared in front of Hong Qingrui in black clothes covered in mud.

Hong Qingrui tore off the bag on her waist, put the black clothes in it, and then went out of the room, looking at the crying lady Tu, Hong Qingrui stopped in front of her, "Son-in-law? Liu Xiaoxiao's biological father is Liu Fang, what do you want to say?" Whose son-in-law is Li Xiaodao, it can only belong to Liu Fang, I'm afraid it's inappropriate for you, an aunt, to say that."

Lady Tu stopped sobbing, raised her head and met Shang Hong Qingrui's cold eyes.

She trembled all over and swallowed, "She is my niece, and I am her only relative, so what's wrong with calling her a son-in-law?"

Hong Qingrui suddenly smiled, and Madam Tu's eyes widened when she saw it, what a, what a handsome man.

But Luo Zhong closed his eyes, Brother Hong got angry.

"I'm afraid Liu Fang won't agree."

After Hong Qingrui finished speaking, she led everyone back to the yamen, and Mrs. Tu's face was already pale.

"The adults are wronged! The villains are wronged!"

Li Xiaodao knelt in the lobby and shouted with tears streaming down his face.

Gu Changwen chuckled, picked up the gavel and patted it on the side, "My lord is not wronged."

"Yes, yes, the adults are not wronged, but the villains are wronged!"

Li Xiaodao cried even harder.

"You said you were wronged, what's wrong with you?"

Li Xiaodao swallowed, looked at Gu Changwen and said in a trembling voice, "The villain was arrested for no reason, of course he was wronged."

Hong Qingrui presented the black clothes in front of Gu Changwen. Master Liu stepped forward to look at the dirt on the black clothes, then grabbed Li Xiaodao's hand and looked at his nails.

"My lord, the dirt on this clothes is the same as the dirt under Li Xiao's fingernails."

It is fresh, dark in color and has a strong earthy smell.

Li Xiaodao trembled all over, and a look of shock flashed in his eyes.

Hong Qingrui, who had been staring at him, squinted her eyes.

Gu Changwen snorted, looked at Li Xiaodao coldly and asked: "How to explain this black clothes! Why is it on the roof of your house?! Tell the truth quickly!"

Li Xiaodao's lips kept trembling, but he didn't say a single word. Gu Changwen knew that he was hiding something. Gu Changwen slapped the gavel again with anger on his face, and said in a deep voice, "Don't force me to use torture!"

The yamen servants standing on both sides shook the wooden sticks in their hands one after another, making orderly and heavy muffled sounds, and the atmosphere in the lobby suddenly became tense.

Li Xiaodao's face was covered with sweat, after several times of thinking and struggling, he said word by word.

"This is the end of the matter, villain, plead guilty!"

After saying that, Li Xiaodao collapsed on the ground dejectedly.

"What guilt?"

Gu Changwen raised his eyebrows.

"The crime of hiding black clothes!"

puff!

Qian He and others who were resting in Pianya laughed when they heard this.

After receiving Gu Changwen's signal, Hong Qingrui came to Li Xiaodao. His expression was calm, but the oppressive feeling he brought to Li Xiaodao increased several times.

"Be lenient when you confess, and strict when you resist. You have to think about it yourself."

Li Xiaodao looked directly into Hong Qingrui's eyes, gritted his teeth, "The villain is telling the truth!"

"Unrepentant!"

Gu Changwen said bitterly, Master Liu quickly picked up the fan and fanned the angry Gu Changwen.

"Is this dress yours?"

Hongqing Ruimu asked with a straight face.

"Yes."

"When did you hide it?"

"Just a quarter of an hour before you came."

"Why hide on the roof?"

"I'm afraid you will find out."

Hong Qingrui nodded, and he turned around. Li Xiaodao breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't want to hear Hong Qingrui say again: "My lord, Li Xiaodao has already admitted that he was responsible for the massacre of seven members of Li Xiulian's family in Li Village. The small knife should cut all over the house."

"what?!"

Li Xiaodao almost lost his breath after hearing this, his mother!What a massacre!

"In that case, let the Tu family..."

Before Gu Changwen could finish speaking, Li Xiaodao kowtowed, "My lord! I'm wronged! This villain doesn't know about the Li family! The oldest child of the villain is only six years old, please forgive me! My lord! People are wronged!"

Master Liu smiled, "Didn't you recruit just now?"

"I thought my uncle's crime was not serious! That's why..."

"What?"

Gu Changwen said.

Li Xiaodao covered his mouth, mother, I missed it.

Hong Qingrui didn't even look at Li Xiaodao, and took the money and went directly to Tu Dashan's shop to escort him back.

When Tu Dashan was escorted to kneel beside Li Xiaodao, he glanced at the cowardly Li Xiaodao and immediately understood.

"Who is in the hall?"

"The villain Tu Dashan."

"Your nephew said that this black dress is yours?"

Gu Changwen asked while pointing to the black clothes placed in front of Tu Dashan.

Tu Dashan was shocked, "Your Excellency is wronged! This dress is not for a villain!"

"What evidence is there?"

Tu Dashan touched his big belly in embarrassment, "My lord, we are so weak that we can't wear ordinary clothes."

Indeed, Tu Dashan is tall and strong, plus he likes to drink, his stomach is bigger than girls and brothers with children, the black clothes are really a bit small.

"So this black dress really doesn't belong to you?"

"My lord, it's really not."

Tu Dashan looked honest.

"Li Xiaodao, repeat to your uncle what you just said."

As soon as Gu Changwen's words fell, there was drumming and shouting at the gate of the yamen. Since the trial of the case had not yet concluded, there was no outer hall, but an inner hall, and he was not clear about what was going on at the gate of the yamen.

"It's unreasonable! The officials bully the people!"

"Auntie, our lives are so miserable!"

A yamen servant ran into the hall and told: "My lord, Mrs. Tu and Liu Xiaoxiao are outside beating drums and crying."

When Gu Changwen heard this, his face immediately turned dark.

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