Yang Ruoqing raised her head and said to Yang Huaming and Lao Yangtou who were standing at the table: "She just said that she did not go back to Yujia Village and ran directly from the village to Qingshui Town."
Old Yang nodded, "Qing'er, please continue the questioning."
Yang Ruoqing withdrew her gaze, and with a few strokes on the white paper, she drew a road map that resembled a forked tree branch, and marked the place names.
"He'er, let's come next. When you arrive at Qingshui Town, are you going to Wanghai County? Or are you going to Fenglin Town on the left? Or on the right?"
Yang Ruohe tilted his head and glanced at the map, then pointed directly in the direction of Wanghai County, where the official road leads directly.
"Went to Wanghai County? Right?" Yang Ruoqing confirmed.
Yang Ruohe nodded, then shook his head.
"Didn't you go to Wanghai County?" Yang Huaming couldn't help but ask.
Yang Ruohe shook his head, then nodded again.
Yang Huaming was anxious, "You are nodding and shaking your head, are you going or not?"
Yang Ruohe stretched out his hand and pointed at Wanghai County, nodded vigorously, then pointed at his feet and shook his head crazily.
To be honest, this irregular mute language really made Yang Huaming and the others anxious.
Yang Ruoqing was also trying to figure out what this meant. Suddenly, she asked Yang Ruohe, "You mean, you did arrive in Wanghai County, but you didn't walk there by yourself, but were taken to Wanghai County by someone?"
Yang Ruohe was startled for a moment, then nodded vigorously and smiled.
Yang Huaming and the others all let out a sigh of relief, even raising their hands to wipe sweat in the cold weather.
Old Yangtou said: "Qing'er, we can't help you here, so we'd better go out first. Just focus on questioning He girl. Just remember to tell us what the outcome will be."
Yang Huaming also said quickly: "I'm going out too. I'm worried if I stay here. I'm sweating all over."
Yang Ruoqing smiled understandingly and said: "Okay, then you all can go out. He'er and I will be left in this room. By the way, remember to send Feifei in."
Soon, everyone else went out, and Feifei was caught by Mrs. Liu, who grabbed the fur at the back of her neck and carried her in and threw her at Yang Ruohe's feet.
Yang Ruohe glared at Madam Liu, then quickly leaned over to hold Feifei on her lap, caressing Feifei lovingly.
Feifei also put her head into Yang Ruohe's arms and whined, as if a bullied child had found its mother and was telling her grievances.
This picture of sharing weal and woe was so beautiful that it hurt the eyes. Yang Ruoqing turned her gaze away and fell on the white paper in front of her. Then she started writing and drawing and began the following cross-examination...
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In the east room opposite, Yang Huaming, Lao Yangtou, and Yang Huazhong waited for nearly two hours.
During these two hours, they also made various speculations, suspected and investigated several suspects, including Yu Jinbao, but in the end they all looked confused and had no clue.
Until two hours later, there was a creaking sound from the door of the west room, and Yang Ruoqing came out.
"There are results!" Yang Huaming was the first to stand up and rush to the door.
"Qing'er, how are you? Did you find anything useful?" Yang Huaming asked anxiously.
Yang Ruoqing nodded, "I have some clues, Fourth Uncle, let's go into the house and talk about it."
In the room, as soon as Yang Ruoqing sat down, she said to Old Yang Tou, Yang Huaming and others: "Master, fourth uncle, I won't beat around the bush. From the previous interrogation with He'er, I got and sorted out the outline of the matter. It should be Is such that:"
"He'er didn't want to take Feifei back to Yujia Village, so he ran away from Lao Yang's house, carrying two taels of silver from his fourth aunt,"
"She originally planned to go to Qingshui Town first, and then go to Wanghai County to find her second brother and eighth sister. She wanted them to find a job doing odd jobs in a restaurant in the county town to support her and Feifei,"
"On the way from Qingshui Town to Wanghai County, I met a kidnapper."
"The kidnapper is a woman. He must have deceived He'er into a wealthy family in a certain place on the pretext of helping her find work."
"In that wealthy family, He'er was pregnant..."
"What?"
Old Yangtou was so shocked that the tobacco pole in his hand fell to the ground, and his mouth opened wide.
"Isn't it Yu Jinbao's?" the old man asked.
Yang Ruoqing shook her head, "Probably not."
"Oh my God! It's over, it's really over!" Old Yangtou murmured.
Yang Huazhong leaned over to pick up the dry tobacco pole that Old Yangtou had dropped to the ground, wiped the dust on the dry tobacco pole with his sleeve, and handed it back to Old Yangtou again.
"As long as people come back alive, it's better than anything else." Yang Huazhong said.
"Qing'er, go on." Yang Huazhong continued.
Yang Ruoqing nodded and continued: "She got pregnant in that family, she should have done it voluntarily,"
"And during the abortion process, I should have received pretty good treatment..."
"Not bad!" Yang Huaming said angrily.
"That damn girl has no brains. It's such a disgrace!" he said angrily.
Old Yangtou also had an angry look on his face and said, "Let Qing'er finish what she has to say first!"
Yang Ruoqing continued: "Two months ago, the child was born. He'er said that she didn't even see the child, and the child was taken away."
"It must have been difficult to give birth to the baby at the time. She was weak and fainted after giving birth."
"When I woke up, my tongue was cut off and thrown into the wilderness. Feifei was also there."
"She didn't know where it was. Anyway, she was walking blindly. It took her more than two months to finally reach Wanghai County."
"Then because I was hungry, I stole food from other people to eat. I was taken to the county government office and imprisoned."
"After being imprisoned for only a few days, I caught up with the grace of the new emperor who ascended the throne and granted amnesty to the world, and was released."
"As for why Magistrate Zou determined that she was from Changping Village, it was because Wang Fu recognized her in the county prison at that time. Wang Fu said so."
"What is the specific situation? Tang Yazi is going to the county town in the next two days to see Magistrate Zou about something. He will ask Magistrate Zou about it when the time comes." Yang Ruoqing said.
After hearing all this, Yang Huaming covered his face and fell down on the stool in frustration, "Hey, the year I ran away was really a waste of time. I was completely played by others. What a sin!"
Here, Old Yangtou then asked Yang Ruoqing: "I have probably found out everything about the matter, but where is the evildoer and who is it? These are still unclear!"
"I don't know, we can't let out this bad breath. What should we do?"
Yang Ruoqing narrowed her eyes, "As long as you are willing, you can always find out."
"He'er is a woman. Her leg strength is not very good. When her body is weak after giving birth, she can't walk very far even in two months."
"Besides, I suspect that she was just walking in circles and getting lost. Therefore, the wealthy family who borrowed her belly to have a baby should be near Wanghai County."
"We just need to go to that area and inquire about who has had a baby in the past three months, and then we will investigate one by one. After identifying the suspected target, we will take He'er there and she will definitely recognize it!"
