It had been almost an hour when all the questions were asked. [Absolute power...] To Leng Yi's great disappointment, what everyone said could be corroborated by each other, and there were no flaws. Judging from the verification situation

Look, shopkeeper Xie did come here for the banquet, and he ate for about two hours and drank two jars of wine.

Shopkeeper Xie didn’t lie, so Hong Jie lied! However, from a rational point of view, Hong Jie had many unexplainable doubts about killing Huang. What happened?

Leng Yi was really puzzled. He slowly walked to the window, opened it, and looked at the stars in the sky. It was already the beginning of autumn. There were chirping autumn insects in the quiet yard, making the night even more quiet.

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Leng Yi subconsciously asked: "What time is it?"

Song Captou said: "It's probably the fourth update."

"Really?" Leng Yi recalled it carefully and said, "Why didn't you hear the sound of the clapper?"

"No," Capt. Song smiled, "Maybe he fell asleep during the night watch."

The old man next to him smiled apologetically and said: "We are in a remote place, close to the city wall, and there are not many people there. So it is difficult for the watchers to get here. Maybe the watchers are too lazy to come here now."

Leng Yi's heart moved, so he called Song Captou over and whispered a few words in his ear. Song Captou agreed, turned around and left.

Leng Yi said goodbye, took Zaoli and returned to shopkeeper Xie's house in a sedan.

Leng Yi interrogated Hong Jie alone again. This time, the time was very short. After coming out, Leng Yi said to Shopkeeper Xie who was waiting outside: "I heard that you have a younger brother who works as a housekeeper in your house, right?

ah?"

"Yes."

"Call him here, I want to ask him something!"

Shopkeeper Xie hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "Well, Sir, it is already obvious that Hong Jie was the one responsible for the case. He was caught on the spot. Do you still need to continue questioning?"

Leng Yi snorted heavily in his nostrils and said, "I am investigating the case. Do you need to make any irresponsible remarks?"

"I don't dare, I don't dare." Shopkeeper Xie quickly bowed and apologized repeatedly.

Leng Yi looked at him and said calmly: "Shopkeeper Xie is so worried about my inquiry. Is there something fishy about it?"

"No, no! I don't dare. Please forgive me. I will go and call him now."

"No need. I have already sent someone to pass it on."

Shopkeeper Xie said "Ah" and his face changed slightly.

After a while, a Zaoli came over to report, thanking the shopkeeper's brother for coming and waiting outside. Leng Yi ordered the person to be taken to the next room, and he interrogated alone. Soon, Leng Yi finished the interrogation and faced him.

He sneered but said nothing. He just sat there drinking tea, seemingly waiting for something.

Finally, Deputy Song came back, looking very happy. He leaned down and whispered a few words into Leng Yi's ear.

Leng Yi smiled, nodded, and ordered Hong Jie and shopkeeper Xie to be brought in.

Leng Yi looked at Shopkeeper Xie and said coldly: "Tell me, how did you strangle your wife to death and then frame Mr. Hong?"

This sentence made both Shopkeeper Xie and Hong Jie change their faces. However, Shopkeeper Xie was panicked, while Hong Jie was surprised.

Shopkeeper Xie hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Master, Master Qingtian! The villain is wronged! The one who strangled my wife to death was Hong Jie, not the villain! At that time, the villain was drinking at a fellow villager's house. He was not at home at all. Someone

My fellow villagers and my family can testify!”

"Really?" Leng Yi smiled, "I found another witness for you, who may be able to help you remember more things! - Bring the person here!"

The door opened, and a man escorted by two Zaoli walked in from the door. When Shopkeeper Xie saw this man, he immediately shuddered.

Leng Yi said: "Shopkeeper Xie, you should know this person, right? Your butler is also your biological brother."

Shopkeeper Xie forced a smile and said, "Of course, of course I know you."

"It's good to know each other," Leng Yi turned to shopkeeper Xie's butler and said, "Repeat what you said before!"

Shopkeeper Xie's brother agreed, feeling a little panicked. Nuonuo said: "My brother has long suspected that my sister-in-law is having an affair with someone, but he has never been able to find out. Yesterday afternoon, he secretly saw my sister-in-law having an affair with a man across the street outside the shop.

With his brows and gestures, he clearly saw that it was Hong Jie, the policeman from the Yamen, but he pretended not to notice. In the evening, he went out on the pretext of going to a fellow countryman's house for a drink, and called me out too. He told me

This incident made me pay close attention to my sister-in-law, so I squatted in the dark and watched. Sure enough, I saw Inspector Hong from the Yamen quietly come in through the back door and enter my sister-in-law's room. I quickly ran to tell her

My brother. My brother asked me to go outside my hometown..."

As soon as he said this, Shopkeeper Xie roared: "Don't talk nonsense! I am your biological brother! How can you..."

"Shut up!" Leng Yi shouted angrily, "I am investigating the case, and you have interfered and caused trouble over and over again. I won't tolerate you! Come on, pull me down and slap you twenty times!"

Two soap slaves came up and without any explanation, they pulled shopkeeper Xie out and beat him until his nose and mouth were bleeding and his cheeks were swollen like a pig's head. After the beating, they pulled him back and Leng Yi said lightly: "Now,

Still want to interrupt?"

"I don't dare! I don't dare anymore!" Shopkeeper Xie covered his face with his hands and said vaguely.

"Okay!" Leng Yi said to shopkeeper Xie's brother, "Go on, what did he ask you to do?"

"He asked me to watch the second watch near a fellow villager's house. I said there were no bangles, and he said he had prepared a bunch of them in the corner. I went to take a look, and sure enough, I took the bangs and knocked

Once. Then I went home."

Leng Yi looked at shopkeeper Xie and said, "What is the purpose of letting your brother do the watch at your fellow villager?"

Shopkeeper Xie hesitated and didn't know how to answer.

Leng Yi asked shopkeeper Xie's brother again: "How long does it take for him to ask you to do the watch?"

"There's still half an hour until the second update."

"How do I ask you to update?"

"He asked me to play drums on the second watch."

Leng Yi looked at shopkeeper Xie and said, "I asked Capt. Song to go check with the yamen watchman just now. They said that you guys only come here to do the watch during the holidays, to remind Huo Zhu that last night was not a New Year's Eve.

, so I didn’t come to your side. So, you asked your brother to call the clock in person, but he didn’t call it according to the real time. It was half an hour earlier than the normal time! What do you want to do? "

Shopkeeper Xie lowered his head and said nothing.

"If you don't say it, I'll say it for you!" Leng Yi said, "When you left your hometown, they all said it was the second watch, because what they heard was your brother pretending to be a watchman, and it was in advance.

After half an hour, you used this extra half an hour to return home. You must have heard the truth and believed that your wife was having an affair. So, you called the door and went in. Instead of searching for the adulterer, you used the opportunity to talk to you.

When the lady was having sex, he strangled her to death, then went out and quietly went downstairs, threw a stone from the yard into the corridor, and alerted the maid in the room. Just then, Hong Jie discovered that Huang was dead and opened the door, but was touched by the maid.

When he arrived, he exclaimed, and the servants came up and caught him. After you saw him being caught, you slipped out of the back door and waited near the fellow countryman's house. When your servant came to find you, you acted like you had just come out of the fellow countryman's house. Like this

I won’t expose your carefully designed time trap. Am I right?”

Shopkeeper Xie finally raised his head and looked at Leng Yi and said, "Can you tell me, sir, how did you know that I asked my brother to help with the clock?"

"It's very simple," Leng Yi said: "Your fellow countryman originally invited you two brothers to treat him, but your brother had something to do and couldn't go. Speaking of which, he was very sorry and said that your brother actually likes drinking. I just said

I was thinking that it must be a great pity for a person who likes to drink to be unable to attend a gathering of his fellow villagers. At the same time, it also shows that the things at that time must be much more important than drinking. I am very curious about what happened to make an alcoholic

He gave up drinking. So I called him to ask, but he hesitated and couldn't explain what was going on. I told him that usually no watchmen would come to your fellow countryman's house, but the fellow countryman heard the watchman.

I made a sound and asked him what was going on? He heard me talk about the night watch in such a targeted manner, and immediately told the whole story."

"I understand, I don't blame him. If I do, I can only blame that bitch for stealing someone behind my back!"

"Since you discovered this kind of thing, you can report it to the official! Why do you want to kill someone?"

"I don't know how to report the traitor to the government. The adulterer is a police officer in the Yamen. If you catch the adulterer and report it to the government, what can you do? It's just a beating. At worst, he's already a top-notch person after just a few years. It's impossible to be a pig.

Caged. No! I will never let such a thing happen to me and let them get away with it! I must kill these adulterers and adulterers!"

"So you killed your wife and blamed Hong Jie."

"Yes, in fact, I knew about their adultery a long time ago. Since then, I have been waiting for this opportunity. The opportunity finally came. I thought this trap was perfect, but I didn't expect that I would still be caught by you.

I see through it. I accept my fate."

Leng Yi sighed, not knowing what to say.

Hong Jie hung his head aside. Although the truth of the case had been revealed and his grievances had been cleared, at this moment, when he saw shopkeeper Xie's resentful eyes and thought of the tragic death of his lover Huang, he couldn't be happy at all.

Leng Yi didn't know how adultery cases were handled in ancient times. After ordering shopkeeper Xie to be imprisoned, he asked Master Dong. Master Dong said that the punishment was usually a stick and he was chained in shackles outside the yamen for a month. Leng Yi said: "The stick

Punishment is fine, but public display is not necessary. After all, he is an agent of the yamen. To show him to the public is to show off the yamen to the public and bring shame to the yamen. Let's do this, eighty sticks and a fine of half a year's salary."

Master Dong nodded repeatedly and praised Leng Yi for handling it properly.

By the time I finished processing, it was almost dawn.

Leng Yi didn't sleep all night. When he returned home, he saw Zhuo Qiaoniang and maid Caosui sitting on chairs and napping. When they heard the noise, they both woke up. (You are welcome to come. Your support is my greatest help.

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