I heard that someone from the county government asked someone from my family to ask questions.
Wang Gui's wife's expression suddenly changed.
However, Wang Gui had been an official after all. He suppressed the fear in his heart and said calmly: "Did Mr. Feng say something?"
The teacher then told what happened last night.
Moreover, this chicken thief had to look at Wang Gui's wife and whispered: "It's in the house on Plum Blossom Lane, where you often go!"
A teacher is equivalent to a master in the Qing Dynasty. This kind of person is accustomed to understand human feelings.
The reason why he asked this was because he knew that in this kind of official family, on the one hand, they strictly observe etiquette and generally would not bring women from outside into their homes.
But don’t the ladies at home know?
You know, they know it better than you think.
But they either have trouble with their husbands or pretend not to know.
But no matter what kind of reaction it was, Wang Gui's wife should not have this expression at this time. She was filled with fear and panic all day long.
When ordinary ladies hear that their husbands have had an accident outside their home, they are either secretly happy or aggrieved. The good things in their hearts are just a few words about Amitabha.
But this one is so strange.
unless……
Unless they all know that there is something weird in the outer house.
Wu Zuo has already said it.
A total of more than a dozen people were burned to death in the house.
There were only two women among them. After asking around the neighbors, the county estimated that one of the two women was a wild woman raised by Wang Gui, and the other was a maid who served.
But the other dozen or so people are all men.
A group of men appeared in Wang Gui's outer house, and there was also Wang Gui's wild woman inside.
This thing is too strange.
Wang Gui heard the teacher's probing meaning, wiped away his arrogance, called the housekeeper, took ten taels of silver from the account and stuffed it into the teacher's hand.
With a smile on his face, he said: "Sir, I haven't been there for a long time. Maybe that slut has seduced a wild man and came back! How about I ask the housekeeper to accompany you?"
Feng Ye had already guessed that Wang Gui would not be present in person, so he told the teacher that as long as someone was present, the matter would be taken care of.
The teacher got the money and just wanted to leave.
Wang Gui grabbed him and said, "Sir, please tell Magistrate Feng that there are thieves in this county. We and other family members who still have some wealth are all in panic. Please Sir Feng solve the case as soon as possible and return Changshu Lang Lang to me." Qiankun!"
The teacher clasped his fists and said, "It's easy to talk!"
As soon as he finished speaking, another ingot of silver was stuffed into his hand.
After weighing the weight, the teacher was secretly surprised: "It seems that this person must have met an enemy!"
He smiled and said: "Don't worry, I will tell Mr. Feng when I get back!"
…
Sure enough, not long after, the whole Changshu County was in a state of panic. Sui, the county police chief, personally led people to check door to door. Anyone who encountered suspicious people and could not explain their origins would be arrested.
At Wang Gui's home, Wang Gui's wife cried and scolded: "You are hanging out with that prodigal man outside, so I will turn a blind eye. Now my son is still in the Jinyiwei prison, and you don't try to save your son." . Why bother with these people?"
Wang Gui was troubled. Hearing his old wife's nagging, he immediately turned around and cursed: "What the hell do you know? I want to take this in? That was specially ordered by the men from Songjiang."
When she heard that it was Songjiang's intention, Wang Gui's wife became even more angry and said: "Why does the Shen family have to take the lead in everything? We have already included our son who passed the imperial examination for them. They Want us again..."
Wang Gui didn't wait for her to finish speaking, and shouted angrily: "Shut up! Isn't it true that you, a woman in the Shen family, can talk nonsense?"
Seeing his wife crying, Wang Gui was very upset. Thinking of the two people hiding in his backyard, he felt even more panicked.
…
At this time, in the Daxian Temple in the city.
Dao Zi, who was listening to the noise at the door of the dilapidated temple, said with a serious look: "Third brother, there is a lot of noise from the government this time. They are searching us from house to house!"
Thirteen said anxiously: "Third brother, this is troublesome. I went to the city gate early in the morning to check. The interrogation was very strict. I must have gained trust."
"Third brother, what should I do?"
"Yes, we also have a Japanese pirate with us. If we are blocked by someone, we won't be able to escape!"
Qin Lie frowned and said, "Go to the back and ask, has the Japanese pirate spoken yet?"
After a while, a brother reported: "All the punishments that should be used have been used. The Japanese said that he didn't know where Weng Zhengchun went, but he did something. He said that they were indeed recruited by the Shen family of Songjiang!"
After Qin Lie heard this, he thought that Xu He had indeed not lied to him.
Weng Zhengchun and Japanese pirates are all minor characters. His real enemies are actually the behemoth Shen family.
At this time, he had no time to think too much, so he said to the brother: "Go to the back, gouge out the Japanese's eyes, cut off his nose, ears, and fingers. Then leave a few words on it!"
After that, he found a charcoal branch in the corner of the temple and wrote on the lime wall: "The one who colluded with the Japanese pirates, Wang Gui of Changshu, and the one who killed the Japanese pirates, Taihu Qin Lie!"
After finishing writing, and after finishing the rest, he led everyone to leave the Daxian Temple.
…
Five or six days later, Qin Lie thought that after the Japanese pirate was discovered, the Wang family would definitely be in trouble.
Unexpectedly, everyone on the street had evacuated, but there was still no movement from the Wang family.
Qin Lie can be sure that Changshu County Government must have received the gifts from the Daxian Temple.
But why is there no movement in the county government about such a big issue like Japanese pirates?
If you can't figure it out, then don't think about it. Hiding around in the city is not a problem after all.
On this day, he asked Daozi to go out of the city first to test the situation of the inspection at the city gate.
Unexpectedly, Daozi left the city safely, and the inspection at the door was no longer as strict as it was in the past few days.
Qin Lie discussed with everyone and decided to leave the city first.
This saves you from being unable to get out even if there is a flaw in the city.
Just like that, a group of people came out of the city gate together.
Qin Lie did not dare to delay. He left the city gate and walked north for a while. He found a deserted place and everyone discussed what to do.
Some people suggested that they simply go back to Taihu Lake and continue to dominate the mountains.
Some people also suggested that they simply find another opportunity to go into the city and kill all the Wang family members.
Qin Lie looked at the knife: "What do you think?"
Daozi looked at everyone, hesitated for a moment and then murmured: "Third brother, I think we should go find that Xu He! Xu He is a good person. I heard from brother Zhu'er that someone in his family is a high official. It’s time to ask him to help deal with the Shen family…”
Before he could finish his words, Thirteen scolded: "Knife, are you blinded by eating lard? Do you still know that the person named Xu is a son of an official? All officials are the same!"
Daozi said anxiously: "That Xu He is different. At least he keeps his word. Aren't you all released by others?"
"Made, it was me who led the way for the government..."
Seeing everyone quarreling, Qin Lie frowned and said, "Shut up! Daozi, go find some water. Let's rest for a while and then head north! Let's talk after a while!"
Daozi hesitated to speak, but finally took the order to find water.
The rest of the people were resting, and suddenly there was a sound of gongs, which shocked everyone.
I don't know when they were surrounded by a group of archers, Minzhuang, and Class Three.
When Qin Lie saw this scene, he sat up, grabbed the bag next to him and was about to draw his gun.
Unexpectedly, there was only a "boom" sound at this time, and a small sapling next to him broke.
"They have firearms!"
Capt. Sui looked at Qin Lie and the others with stern eyes and said, "Don't fucking move. If you move, I'll beat you to death."
After hearing this, when they looked again, sure enough, there were dozens of blunderbuss aimed at them from all directions.
Although the musket cannot hit far, its accuracy is poor.
But at such a close distance, he was attacked by dozens of bird cannons.
Qin Lie knew that if they really dared to move, they would be shot into a hornet's nest in an instant.
Seeing that they had stopped moving, Capt. Sui said: "I'll throw away all their weapons and lie down on the ground with their hands behind their backs!"
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