Cheng Xiao's words surprised the two adults.
Even Xu Zhen raised his head.
"Captain Cheng," Song Zhili said with his eyebrows twisted, "You still want to torture the monk, right? That's absolutely not possible. He came here with the intention of dying. And..."
"No," Cheng Xiao said excitedly, his eyes shining, "I don't want to torture him, my idea is that we can use Qiu Batian!"
What?
The three of them were surprised again. They didn't understand why Cheng Xiao dragged Qiu Batian into it?
"Sir," Cheng Xiao said, "we can speed up Qiu Batian's execution. On the day when his head is beheaded, I believe that all the people in the county will come to watch the execution.
"After beheading Qiu Batian, the people will definitely support you. At that time," Cheng Xiao narrowed his eyes, "you can announce in public that Qiu Batian's accomplices have captured your young master and young lady, and they want to I want to blackmail you with this!
"If this happens, I believe that the people in the whole county will be filled with indignation. If they stand on your side, they will definitely help you search the entire Yanping County and find the young master..."
"Shut up! Shut up!!!"
Unexpectedly, before Cheng Xiao finished speaking, Song Zhili slammed the table.
"Captain Cheng, what's wrong with you? Where's your IQ? Where's your experience? What kind of bad idea is this?" Song Zhili said angrily, "Don't you know that monk has an accomplice? Once I incite him in public People, they might kill me first to demonstrate!"
"This..." Cheng Xiao's face turned red and he kept wiping his sweat, but in desperation, he spoke again, "Sir, let's get him a fake one? Let's find someone to be the ghost-faced killer?"
"No," Song Zhili shook his head, "Don't think so easily of that monk, I can't risk Wen Yourong!"
"Yes," Chen Houlu echoed, "I also think this plan is inappropriate. I don't think it's easy to deceive him, right? What if he wants to watch our trial in court or read the superior's judgment documents?"
"Also," Xu Zhen suddenly interrupted, pointing to the three blood confessions and saying, "what the monk just said, that his sister was deceived by Magistrate Tong, and that the lives of their siblings were used to threaten Qi Dalang, are not the same. It was not written on the confession."
"Yes, yes," Song Zhili nodded repeatedly, "This monk is too scheming. He didn't write everything in the confession. It must be for confirmation after we catch the murderer!
"If you find a fake one, I'm afraid he will expose it soon..."
Seeing that his idea was opposed by everyone, Cheng Xiao looked even more embarrassed, quickly lowered his head and retreated silently.
However, the sharp-eyed Xu Zhen had already discovered that when Song Zhili said that the monk was too scheming, Cheng Xiao shivered as if he was frightened.
"Then..." Chen Houlu asked hurriedly, "Xu Zhen, you have a lot of ideas, what good ideas do you have?"
"My lords," Xu Zhen said, "This case is of great importance and the circumstances are complex. As the saying goes, people who are too impatient are unwise. We'd better not act blindly before we fully understand the circumstances of the case."
"Then..." Song Zhili asked anxiously, "How do you want to know? Whatever you need, I will satisfy you!"
"I need all the information about the Ghost Faced Killer case," Xu Zhen said, "and I also need to find people who were involved in the case to learn about the situation."
"Ah!?" Chen Houlu was surprised, "Xu Zhen, what are you doing? Do you really want to investigate the ghost-faced killer case?"
"It's not that we don't have a chance," Xu Zhen said, "Don't forget what the monk said. Once Qi Dalang died, the Ghost Face Murder Case never happened again.
"If Qi Dalang is not a ghost-faced killer, then there should be a lot to do with it.
“I think,” Xu Zhen added, “the monk tortured Magistrate Tong so much because he suspected that Magistrate Tong was an insider and knew who the Ghost-faced Killer was.
"But the final result obviously did not satisfy the monk, so he kidnapped the young master and the young lady to push the problem to the Yamen."
"Oh..." Song Zhili nodded and said, "In other words, from the beginning, he came for the Ghost Faced Killer."
"So, along this line of thinking, maybe we can give it a try?" Xu Zhen said, "Also, even if we can't find the real ghost-faced killer, we can at least find out the origin of the monk.
"Sir," Xu Zhen said with flashing eyes, "I think the key to solving this case is the monk's accomplices! If we can know who his accomplices are, we may be able to find the young master and the young lady."
"Oh?" Song Zhili immediately became energetic when he heard that his son and daughter were rescued.
"That's right," Chen Houlu said thoughtfully, "We still don't know where Qi Dalang's sister is? Could it be that she is also one of the accomplices? I think Xu Zhen has a good idea."
"Yes, yes," Song Zhili clapped his hands and said, "To be a monk's accomplice, you must be a relative or friend who has a good relationship with Qi Dalang. It can be checked, it can definitely be checked!
"Then..." he urged impatiently, "then go check it out quickly! Xu Zhen, I leave it to you! How many people, how many things, how much money do you want, tell me..."
"Sir..." Xu Zhen was about to apply for an investigation file, but suddenly the sound of a woman crying was heard outside the door.
You don't need to ask, you can tell just by listening to the voice that it must be Song Zhili's wife who is back.
Previously, the housekeeper Lao Wang rushed back to report the news, while Mrs. Song and the maids and servants returned in a carriage and did not return to the Yamen until now.
well……
Hearing the cry, Song Zhili sighed, then reluctantly pushed the door open and went out.
Outside the door, Mrs. Song appeared in the backyard with her hair disheveled and covered in mud. As soon as she saw Song Zhili, she burst into tears and asked Song Zhili to quickly find her son and daughter.
Song Zhili insisted on the last bit of dignity and quickly scolded her not to talk nonsense, and then took his wife back to the inner house.
Why?
Seeing that except for Mrs. Song, the other maids and servants were all in a mess and trembling, Xu Zhen remembered that he still didn't know the specific details of the kidnapping.
Among the servants, there are also strong men who are good at martial arts. It seems that it is not an easy task to kidnap Song Zhili's children, right?
Thinking of this, Xu Zhen wanted to find the housekeeper Lao Wang and ask him carefully.
But before he found Lao Wang, he heard someone calling his name from behind: "Senior Brother Xu, Senior Brother Xu, we are back!"
Hu Niu?
Xu Zhen recognized that it was Shen Yu's voice.
Looking back, I saw an energetic old man with white beard and long beard standing next to Shen Yu.
Xu Zhen could guess without searching his memory that this person must be Shen Yu's father, the old catcher Shen Mingchen!
Xu Zhen quickly stepped forward and saluted: "I've seen Mr. Shen catch his head before!"
"Xu Zhen!" Unexpectedly, Shen Mingchen grabbed Xu Zhen's shoulders and asked excitedly, "Tell me, what is going on!!?"
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