County government hall.
Xu Zhen saw that the county magistrate Song Zhili was covering his heart and leaning on the imperial chair with a pale face. He was obviously on the verge of collapse.
"Two adults." Xu Zhen greeted quickly.
While saying hello, he already understood what the other person meant.
Presumably, Chen Houlu has told them that he knows the details of the case. Since he is calling here to ask questions, he must not be blaming himself, but wants to involve himself.
It seemed that although Song Zhili was so angry that he wanted to kill him, he had to admire his ability.
"Xu Zhen," Chen Houlu asked hurriedly, "How's it going? Is Mr. Shen okay with arresting the head?"
"We don't know yet," Xu Zhen replied, "Old Chief Shen has been in Ziyang Palace these days, and Shen Yu has already rushed over!"
"Oh, it's over, it's over..." Song Zhili rubbed his face fiercely and said dejectedly, "If you're not at home, something will happen. Something will happen..."
"Old Shen is a very skilled martial artist," Xu Zhen said. "The thief must not be so easy to do anything with, right?"
"There must be an accomplice, an accomplice, an accomplice..." Song Zhili kept repeating as if he was going crazy, "He is not alone, definitely not alone..."
This is quite true.
Xu Zhen said in his heart that it was impossible for the monk to do so many things alone in such a short period of time. He must have an accomplice.
"Xu Zhen," Chen Houlu gestured to the table next to him, "come and take a look at these things."
But there were several pieces of parchment on the table, and the parchment was covered with red text.
The red color is not cinnabar at first glance, it is clearly several copies - blood letters!
"To tell you the truth," Chen Houlu added, "Master Song's son and young lady were kidnapped. They were left behind by the kidnappers."
oh?
Xu Zhen hurried forward to check, and it didn't take long to understand that there were three blood books here, and the content written on each blood book was a confession.
The first one is clearly that of Magistrate Tong.
In the blood letter, Magistrate Tong admitted that he found Qi Dalang as a scapegoat because the deadline given by his superiors to solve the case was too short and the pressure was too great.
It was he who colluded with Liu Sanyang and Lu Yusheng to frame him and give perjury, and that was why Qi Dalang was convicted.
The other two, of course, belonged to Liu Sanyang and Lu Yusheng, and they both confessed to perjury to frame Qi Dalang.
The three confessions were all written in great detail, covering the entire parchment.
"The handwriting is the same," Xu Zhen said. "The three confessions were written by the same person, but the blood stains are different. It is very likely that the murderer wrote them on the spot, using the blood of the three victims."
"It was still written with a brush," Song Zhili said, "the handwriting is very neat!"
Song Zhili was obviously extremely angry, causing even a gentle man like him to use dirty words.
“The Qi family makes pickles,” Chen Houlu said. “We are neighbors with Liu Sanyang and Lu Yusheng, and the area where they live is called Zuofang Street.
"The Qi family has three brothers and sisters, the eldest brother is called Qi Yunfang, the second sister is called Qiao Mei, and they also have a younger brother, the Erlang of the Qi family," Chen Houlu said, "We suspect that the monk is this Erlang Qi.
"Back then, Qi Erlang was at most seven or eight years old. Thirteen years later, he is about the same age as the monk now.
"Also..." he continued, "Qi Dalang has a brain problem, he is a bit dementia, his mouth is crooked, his eyes are slanted, and his words are unclear, but he can basically communicate with others.
"Xu Zhen," Chen Houlu sighed and said, "I only know so much. When you go back and find the file, you can take a closer look!"
After saying that, Chen Houlu looked at Xu Zhen, only to find that Xu Zhen had deserted. He seemed to have been looking at Cheng Xiao who said nothing.
"Xu Zhen?" he asked quickly, "Are you listening?"
Xu Zhen quickly turned around and said, "Listen, sir, what is your purpose in telling me this?"
"Don't pretend to be confused because you understand," Song Zhili said suddenly, "Xu Zhen, if you can help me rescue Youwen and Yourong, I...I...I will give you benefits. Whatever you want, Just mention it!”
"Sir," Xu Zhen said hurriedly, "for such a big matter, a humble person wouldn't dare... dare not make the decision without permission!"
"Then you can just give me some advice, just like you did at Wei Yulang's house!" Chen Houlu said.
"You can come up with ideas," Xu Zhen said, "Two adults, it's useless for us to say anything now. We don't even know what the monk wants!"
"Well..." Song Zhili got lucky and said, "Of course I want to know, but...my son and daughter are in his hands. I'm afraid that if I say the wrong thing, they will, they will..."
"It's okay," Xu Zhen comforted, "Master Song, don't worry too much. You were not even in Yanping County thirteen years ago. That monk definitely didn't come here for you."
"Oh?" After waking up the dreamer, Song Zhili suddenly straightened up, "You...what do you mean?"
"He kidnapped your young lady just for the power in your hands. After all, you are the highest-ranking person here and you have the final say." Xu Zhen said, "He must have something he wants, so we'd better listen first. What does he say, and then think of countermeasures.”
"Yeah..." Song Zhili's eyes lit up, feeling that what Xu Zhen said was quite reasonable, and his heart was no longer as uncomfortable as before.
"Sir," Xu Zhen pointed to the three confessions and said, "If it was not an unjust case, and if Magistrate Tong and the other three were forced, then this confession would never be written in such detail!"
"You...what do you mean?" Song Zhili asked, "Then Qi Dalang is really unjust? Is he not a ghost-faced killer at all?"
"Oh...I understand!" Chen Houlu said, "Qi Dalang is really unjust. This monk left a confession and kidnapped the young master. His purpose is probably to ask Magistrate Song to help Qi Dalang reverse the case!"
"Oh..." Song Zhili realized that it seemed that the monk not only wanted revenge, but also wanted a status.
"But," Chen Houlu reminded, "Mr. Song, you must be mentally prepared. It is extremely difficult to overturn this case. That is the ghost-faced killer! If you overturn the case for him, you will be going against the entire Yanping County!"
"I know, I know," Song Zhili said excitedly, "But I can't control that much. As long as my son and daughter are fine, I can do it. Anyway...it's not like I haven't done it before, huh..."
After saying that, after a few adjustments, they returned to the South Prison and met the monk.
As soon as he saw the three blood-red confessions in Song Zhili's hand, the monk immediately laughed: "Hahahaha...hahahaha...Master Song, you finally got the invitation!"
"Stop talking nonsense," Song Zhili shouted and said angrily, "Tell me, what do you want? Do you want to help your elder brother reverse the case?"
"Hahaha..." The monk continued his manic laughter, and then said, "Yes, I am Qi Erlang Qi Yunzheng, the brother of the ghost-faced killer you call him!
"But you guys underestimate me too much. Now that I'm here, I have no intention of getting out alive! Hahahaha..."
Why?
Everyone was greatly surprised. Song Zhili hurriedly asked: "If it's not to reverse the case, then what do you want?"
"Why, we have been playing for so long, haven't you guessed what I want?" The monk suddenly looked at Song Zhili with a fierce look and said sternly, "Master Song, do you really not want your children anymore? "
"This...this, this, this..." Song Zhili was at a loss when asked.
"No way? Could it be..." At this time, Xu Zhen finally stood up and said with narrowed eyes, "What you want is - the real murderer!!?"
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