16 Jiahe Mysterious Case (5)
Yunzhi was facing everyone, and everyone could clearly see the contents of the box. After a moment of silence, the discussion started again.
Uncle Xu's voice began to tremble, "You're polite, where did you get this...this thing?"
The young man didn't understand what he was asking at all, so he just hid aside and ate sweets while watching Yun Zhi giggle.
Yunzhi sighed, walked up to the young man, and asked softly: "Youwei, who gave this to you?"
She had no doubt that the young man in front of her had stolen this thing. He had lived in this ancestral hall for eight years, how could he steal things for no reason?
The young man looked dumb and stupid. He thought for a long time, glanced at Uncle Xu, and then looked back at the hall where the memorial tablets were enshrined in the ancestral hall. He pointed forward with his hand, as if he was afraid of something, lowered his head and stopped making any sound.
"You're polite, you... you are so..." Uncle Xu seemed anxious and angry. After sighing heavily, he looked at Xu Youli and shook his head.
Someone asked hesitantly: "Uncle Xu, so the jade cong is taken with courtesy? Then doesn't the mayor..."
At this point, everyone understood, and there was a moment of silence again. After that, sighs came and went. Uncle Xu shook his head and smiled bitterly in a low voice, "Fate has a way with people, fate has a way with people!"
Xu Youli, a young man with mental retardation, stole the jade cong from the ancestral hall for fun. As a result, the mayor had to temporarily use a copper cong as a substitute when he led everyone to worship ancestors. However, he was killed by thunder from the sky. And Xu Youli is the only son of the mayor Xu Hu. No one has the position to question and punish him, not to mention that he is just an idiot.
There was nothing wrong with this matter except that it was a mistake, so everyone quickly accepted the truth, and after sighing for a while, they dispersed.
Everyone had left, but Uncle Xu was still shaking his head and sighing at Xu Youli. Xu Youli seemed to have realized that he had done something wrong at this time, like a frightened puppy with his head hanging down and constantly picking at himself. fingers.
Lu Shenjun glanced at Uncle Xu and suddenly said: "Everyone has left, so there is no need to continue the show."
Yun Zhi was stunned for a moment, then looked up and saw that everyone had already stepped forward, only to realize that no one believed that this idiot boy had stolen something.
Uncle Xu didn't feel surprised, but immediately suppressed his sadness, and looked at the people with cold and terrifying eyes.
"Uncle Xu?" Xiao Yi took a few steps forward and stopped beside Yunzhi. He quietly protected her behind him and looked up at Uncle Xu. "Or, I should call you Butler Chu."
Hearing the words "Steward Chu", Uncle Xu's face changed slightly, and he looked over with squinted eyes, "Who are you?"
"I don't need to worry about who I am." Xiao Yi chuckled and straightened his sleeves slowly, "The Sikong clan's slave appeared in Dayuan, less than sixty miles away from Luozhou. , I have been incognito for more than ten years, and no one noticed..." As he said, he glanced at Lu Shenjun lightly and sighed: "The Gyeonggi Department has neglected its duty! Isn't the commander-in-chief Zhao Qi too comfortable?"
Lu Shenjun agreed: "Yes, I will submit a letter to him when I get back."
"It has nothing to do with Mr. Zhao!" Uncle Xu's expression changed again. He looked up and down at the young man in front of him, secretly trying to figure out his identity. "Although Mr. Zhao takes care of Jiahe Zhenduo, he doesn't know our true identity. ."
"You?" Xiao Yi showed a nonchalant expression, but deliberately made a sound of surprise: "Oh, it turns out you are not the only one in this town. Sigh, I thought it was just you."
"You..." Uncle Xu realized that he had been tricked, but it was too late. After a moment of silence, he laughed to himself, "That's all, from the day I settled here, I knew that someone would be exposed. One day, more than ten years later, this day has finally come." As he said that, he smiled bitterly again, "No matter who you are, and whether you believe it or not, those of us who have changed our names and settled here can do it. I just want to live a peaceful life."
Xiao Yi clasped his hands on his chest and looked at him lightly without saying a word.
Yunzhi's eyes were widened and he was listening to them carefully.
Pei Shun was looking at the night sky thoughtfully, as if it had nothing to do with him.
Ah Yu seemed to be fascinated by the story. There was a nervous look on his face, and he even clenched his teeth subconsciously.
Lu Shenjun still looked serious, and it was hard to tell what his emotions were.
Uncle Xu glanced at everyone and continued to say to Xiao Yi: "Since you can find out my identity, you must already know why we are here. You can also deduce whether I have lied, can't you?"
Xiao Yi smiled and said, "Well, twelve years ago, the third princess of the Yan Kingdom, Sikong Xiao, was involved in a treason case. The empress was furious and killed Sikong Xiao's family, including the servants and maids of the family, a total of more than a hundred people. Before the execution, One night, the housekeeper Chu Xiyan escaped from prison with more than ten slaves, and also took away the nine-year-old Wang grandson."
"The princess did not commit rebellion! It was the foolish empress who listened to the villain's slander!" Speaking of the past twelve years ago, Uncle Xu's eyes flashed and he became excited, but he soon calmed down, "Yes, I'll wait. It is true that he has absconded here. But..."
Uncle Xu sighed, and then turned his gaze to Xu Youli, "The little prince has become so foolish that I have failed the princess' trust. I only hope that he can be safe in this life, and I really don't want any trouble to happen again. You can rest assured. "
Looking at the young man who still hung his head and didn't know what was going on, Xiao Yi frowned slightly and was silent for a moment. He said: "In order to save his life, you killed so many people. How can you be so turbulent?" It’s big enough.”
When Yun Zhi heard this, he immediately looked towards Uncle Xu, and all the clues instantly became a thread in his mind.
It's him! It was he who planned all this!
"As expected, you have already guessed it. Yes, I did everything!" Uncle Xu smiled a little miserably, "The little prince and grandson have a hard life. The princess is kind to me, how can I just watch her die! So! I then thought of borrowing souls to extend my life. This is a secret method that only the royal family of Yan Kingdom knows, and I heard it accidentally. It was me who hid the jade cong and killed people and put the blame on Xu Hu, including Xu Huzhi His death was also planned by me."
"But isn't Xu Youli Xu Hu's son?" Yunzhi asked.
"Xu Hu's son died eight years ago. Xu Hu was overly sad. When he saw the young grandson who was about the same age as his son, he deceived himself and others into thinking that he was his son Xu Youli. He was not allowed to mention anything about what happened eight years ago. The thing is, let everyone just call this child Xu Youli." Uncle Xu said with a cold smile, "How ridiculous. His own son is gone, so he has to come and snatch other people's children. He just deserves it, no. Be pitied."
Xiao Yi frowned deeper and deeper, and asked in a deep voice: "What about the five people you killed? Did they deserve their punishment?"
Uncle Xu's face turned pale, and he only whispered: "They are the slaves of the princess, and it is their honor to sacrifice their lives for the little prince and grandson."
"Sounding!" Yun Zhi listened for a long time, but now he couldn't bear it anymore, "What right do you have to decide other people's life and death? Do you want to live a peaceful life, but others don't?"
Uncle Xu smiled miserably, stared at her for a long time, and suddenly said: "Little girl, you look very much like a person."
Yun Zhizheng was angry. Leng Buding was stunned when he heard such a sentence, and then heard him say: "That man also said such things when he was your age, but unfortunately later..."
Only halfway through his words, he showed a mocking look and shook his head, "People's hearts are unpredictable."
Yun Zhi subconsciously felt that the person he was talking about might be related to her sister. She wanted to ask more questions, but because everyone was present and was afraid of arousing suspicion, she suppressed her doubts for the time being.
At this point, the matter was completely clear. The culprit who had caused panic in the town these days was right in front of him. Lu Shenjun and Xiao Yi looked at each other and waved their hands. Immediately, people from the Criminal Investigation Department came forward to take the person away. .
The idiot-like young man seemed to have realized something. He stepped forward to grab the old man's clothes, but was stopped by someone holding his shoulder. He screamed anxiously for a long time, and even Yunzhi gave him candy again. It didn't work, he wanted to chase the old man who depended on him for life.
"Take him back to Luozhou with you." Xiao Yi suddenly said, his eyes glanced at Yun Zhihou, and he cupped his hands towards Lu Shenjun and said: "He is considered an innocent person. After all, his time is limited, so I asked Brother Shenjun to take good care of him." ”
Lu Shenjun didn't dare to accept his bow, so he immediately returned the bow and said, "Don't worry, I will arrange everything."
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The Criminal Investigation Department arrested the person and returned to Luozhou overnight.
Early the next morning, the town became lively again, and there was a long queue of people coming and going at the city gate.
A simple carriage was also lined up in the long queue, waiting to leave the city.
Seeing that the girl beside him had been silent since getting into the car, looking thoughtful, Xiao Yi couldn't help but raise his hand and snap his fingers in her ear, "What are you thinking about?"
Yun Zhisheng glanced at him and hesitated for a long time with a sullen expression, "I always feel that something is not quite right. It's not right at all!"
"What's not right?" A Yu, who was sitting next to her, yawned and leaned unsteadily on her shoulder, his eyes full of confusion.
"The age doesn't match up." Yun Zhi was still thinking about what Uncle Xu said last night. "When Uncle Xu fled with Wang Sun twelve years ago, the child was already nine years old. Now he is still in his twenties after all. , But Youli is only fifteen years old this year, which is too different."
Ayu suddenly opened her eyes, Xiao Yi glanced at her and slightly raised the corners of his lips, "Zhizhi, sometimes, some things don't need to be pursued too closely. After all, we have caught the real culprit, right?" "
Yun Zhi didn't agree with his opinion, "But if that's the case, his motives are all wrong. You Li is not Xiao Wangsun, so he has no reason to take risks for him. Then all his words yesterday are not credible. Got it!"
Xiao Yi sighed slowly, "Actually, Chu Xiyan was repaying his kindness by killing someone for Xu Youli."
"Repay the favor?" Yun Zhi didn't quite understand.
Xiao Yi explained patiently: "Twelve years ago, after Chu Xiyan and his party fled, the empress issued a killing order for the Three Kingdoms. At that time, the Three Kingdoms had not yet completely turned against each other. This killing order was basically equivalent to a life-killing talisman. Chu Xiyan took it with him When everyone was hiding in Tibet and were about to be desperate, Xu Hu kindly took them in. Xu Youli was indeed Xu Hu's son. After Chu Xiyan proposed to renew Xu Youli's life, he and Xu Hu jointly executed it. Si will only announce the real culprit to the public, and part of the reason why he took everything on himself last night was because he wanted to preserve Xu Hu’s reputation in front of the townspeople.”
As he said that, he tilted his head and looked at her and said seriously: "Zhizhi, you have to know that everyone has someone they want to protect. Chu Xiyan has been brought to justice. As for other innocent people, why bother to implicate him again?"
Xiao Yi always looked careless, but Yun Zhi was a little surprised when he suddenly spoke so seriously. She thought about these words carefully and felt that they were very reasonable, so she stopped worrying about it.
But after enduring it for a long time, she couldn't help but ask: "Um... the empress really killed so many people?"
In Yun Zhi's heart, she has almost determined that the empress Sikong Jing is her sister Yun Jing. As a new young man who was born under the red flag and grew up in the spring breeze, it is impossible for her sister to do such a thing as murder, let alone kill someone. so many people!
