Unfortunately, not long after he ran into the forest, he was caught by Su Qiqi and others who had been lying in wait here for a long time. Su Qiqi and Qin Chuan worked together to knock him out and then carried him into a dilapidated carriage. Then several people drove a carriage and galloped all the way to the county government office.
The county magistrate and several government officials had already been waiting at the back door of the county government office. As soon as Su Qiqi's carriage arrived, they were immediately led to a heavily guarded prison. Shopkeeper Luo was locked in a closed cell alone, guarded by multiple jailors. guard.
A few days later, the county magistrate formally went to court to hear Wang Yuanwu's murder case. At first, shopkeeper Luo was still confident and refused to plead guilty. No matter how the county magistrate asked him, he always denied and made excuses, tried his best to distance himself from the case, and put all the blame on Scar Li.
Fortunately, although the county magistrate was incompetent, he was not too stupid. Seeing him like this, he was so angry that he almost wanted to be punished. At the critical moment, Su Qiqi persuaded him. Su Qiqi whispered a few words in his ear, and the county magistrate understood, temporarily suspended the trial, and ordered the government officials to escort Shopkeeper Luo back to the prison.
After returning to the back hall, Su Qiqi re-formulated a set of strategies based on the performance of shopkeeper Luo in the hall today, and detailed his ideas to the county magistrate, Qin Chuan and others. After listening, everyone nodded in approval. Then Su Qiqi and Qin Chuan quietly left the city to pick up witnesses, while Yan Ruoyu took several government officials to visit Scar Li in prison. The county magistrate re-read the case file, organized his thoughts, and prepared to continue hearing the case the next day.
In the cell, in the dim light, Shopkeeper Luo looked at the cell door with a gloomy expression. His hands were clenched tightly, as if he was gathering energy, preparing to do something earth-shattering.
In another cell, Scar Li was rummaging for something in the haystack under him in a panic, mumbling something. Seeing his nervous look, the jailer at the door stepped forward, knocked on the cell door, and yelled: "Be honest, if you move around again, I'll give you a few whips!"
Scar Li glanced at the jailer with blank eyes and continued to rummage in the haystack indifferently. After rummaging for a long time, he finally pulled out a metal object from the messy withered grass. He looked warily in the direction of the jailer, then quickly put the metal object into his sleeve, then breathed a heavy sigh and leaned on his butt. Wall to sit and rest on.
After an unknown amount of time, the door of Scar Li's cell suddenly opened with a creak. Scar Li, who was sleeping in the corner, sat upright in panic and looked toward the cell door. A look of extreme panic appeared on his face. A few vague words came out of his mouth unconsciously: "You! You! How could you...?"
It's a pity that before he finished speaking, he collapsed on the haystack, his eyes wide open, looking at the masked man gradually approaching him in horror!
One step, two steps, the sound of the footsteps is like a mantra! Scar Lee closed his eyes in despair, waiting for death to come.
However, the other party did not take action! Scar Li was a little confused! Could it be that she suddenly felt compassion and let herself go? This is not like the behavior of Shopkeeper Luo and his wife!
Before he had time to think too much, he suddenly heard a thud, as if something heavy fell to the ground! He was even more surprised and couldn't help but open his eyes and look.
At this time, there was more than one person in front of him! In addition to Mrs. Luo who originally wanted to plot against him, there were also those young people from the Weiyuan Escort Agency!
He looked at the people in front of him with complicated expressions, and thought to himself that it seemed that those young people saved his life. But he couldn't figure out why those young people wanted to save him, was it just to investigate the case? Or is there another reason?
Just when he was hesitating, Su Qiqi and Qin Chuan sealed the acupuncture points of Mrs. Luo who was unconscious on the ground. Then they walked up to Scar Li and said to him seriously: "The sky net is sparse and not leaking. If you want to survive, be honest." Tell the truth, otherwise you won't be so lucky next time! You have a close relationship with Shopkeeper Luo, and you should know what he is like..."
Seeing that Scar Li was still hesitating, Qin Chuan pretended to ask Su Qiqi to leave, and said in a nonchalant tone: "Someone wants to be a fool, let's help him! Su'er, let's go!" Walk.
At this time, Scar Li became anxious. He looked at Mrs. Luo lying on the ground, then at Su Qiqi and Qin Chuan. He hit his head with his fist and said dullly: "I, I listen to you two..."
Su Qiqi and Qin Chuan looked at each other, smiled knowingly, and then turned back to Scar Li to listen to him tell the story of the causes and consequences of Wang Yuanwu's death.
In the cell next door, the county magistrate was quietly listening, and asked the master to record important testimonies from time to time.
When it was getting dark, Shopkeeper Luo paced anxiously in his cell. When he heard the sound of the fifth watch, he finally fell to the ground dejectedly. He already knew in his heart that Madam must have missed something! My last chess piece is also useless! He felt deeply angry and unwilling. He didn't expect that his many years of careful planning would be destroyed in the hands of a few stupid kids!
I really didn’t expect that! One careless move and you lose everything! It seems that these friends of Luo Xiaoshi are not simple! The situation in front of me is very unfavorable to me! Shopkeeper Luo half-squinted his eyes and thought hard for a long time before he stood up tremblingly and walked to a corner of the cell. There he sat down cross-legged again and fell into a state of contemplation.
About two or three days later, the county magistrate interrogated Shopkeeper Luo again. This time he was surprisingly willing to confess! However, everything he said was very different from what Scar Lee confessed. The county magistrate could not decide who was real and who was fake for a while, so he had to lock the two criminals separately and wait for further investigation and verification.
In the blink of an eye, more than half a month had passed, and both Su Qiqi and Qin Chuan were a little bored. The two of them worked hard and finally found some new clues from Mrs. Luo. It turns out that the masterminds of the case of poisoning Luo Xiaoshi's parents were shopkeeper Luo and his wife. Mrs. Luo was very clear about the ins and outs of the matter. In order to protect herself, she not only confessed the details and the whole story of shopkeeper Luo poisoning Luo Xiaoshi's parents, but also confessed to the assassination of Wang Yuanwu and framed Luo Xiaoshi, in order to seek a lighter sentence.
The storm has finally settled. Soon, Shopkeeper Luo and Prince Luo were sentenced to death. Scar Li repented, helped solve the case, had his crime reduced, and was exiled to a borderland. After experiencing this great change, Luo Xiaoshi decided to leave this sad place, so he sold his property and house, followed Su Qiqi, Qin Chuan and others to the capital to help scholar Ouyang Qi find his relatives.
About half a month later, everyone finally arrived at the bustling capital city. Su Qiqi and others chose the Rongtai Inn, the largest inn in the city, arranged for everyone to stay, and then began to help Ouyang Qi find his relatives.
On this day, Su Qiqi, Qin Chuan, Zheng Miao, Yan Ruoyu, Ouyang Qi and Luo Xiaoshi were wandering on the street together. As I was walking, I suddenly saw a fortune-telling stall. On a whim, Zheng Miao took Su Qiqi and others together to tell fortunes.
From character testing to hexagram interpretation, the three of them played for nearly half an hour, but they still had lots to learn. Qin Chuan, Ouyang Qi and Luo Xiaoshi were bored with waiting, so they went to the nearby pub to have a few drinks. When they came back, Su Qiqi and others stayed at the tailor shop and rouge shop for a long time. It wasn't until the sun set that Sister Su Qiqisan remembered the business and took everyone to Luming Hutong in the northwest corner of the capital to find Li Dayou, known as "Shunfeng Er" in the world, to inquire about Ouyang Qi's father-in-law.
Unfortunately, they came at the wrong time. A neighbor told Su Qiqi that Li Dayou had offended some unknown figure in the world a few days ago. His house was set on fire and he was missing.
In desperation, Su Qiqi and others had no choice but to return to the inn angrily to make plans.
A few days later, Su Qiqi and others asked someone to find out about Ouyang Qi's father-in-law. After spending dozens of taels of silver, I finally got some ideas. Ouyang Qi's father-in-law, the young military attache named Ye, has moved to Nanxiang Hutong. It is said that he has gained a big backer, and his official fortune has been prosperous in recent years, rising all the way up.
Ouyang Qi was happy and worried when he heard the news. He was happy that he finally found the family he wanted to seek refuge with, but he was also slightly worried about whether they would recognize him as a family member and take him in after not seeing him for so many years. Thinking of this, Ouyang Qi frowned, with a heavy look on his face.
Seeing him in such a state, Su Qiqi, Qin Chuan and others all spoke to comfort him. He felt a little more relaxed, managed to eat dinner, and then went back to his guest room to rest.
The night is getting darker. There was silence outside. Occasionally, there were a few light footsteps, as if the waiter was delivering late-night snacks to the customers next door. Ouyang Qi was wrapped in quilt and stared at the top of the mosquito net for a while, then fell asleep.
Around three o'clock in the morning, he was suddenly awakened by the sound of tables and chairs turning over in the room next door. He suddenly sat up in shock. He didn't bother to put on his coat, so he tiptoed to the wall and listened carefully to the noise in the guest room next door.
After about a cup of tea, there were several more sounds of cupboards, tables and chairs overturning from the next door. He couldn't help but frown and said, "Isn't it a thief?" As he thought about it, he suddenly became nervous. He looked around blankly, and when he saw Qin Chuan still sleeping soundly, he walked over quietly, patted Qin Chuan on the shoulder, and whispered: "Qin Chuan, get up quickly!"
Qin Chuan sat up when he heard the sound, looked at Ouyang Qi who was standing beside him, and asked, "Bookworm, what's wrong?"
Ouyang Qi raised his hand and hissed softly, then licked his lips in the direction of the guest room next door, and said softly: "There is something unusual in the guest room next door..."
After hearing the words, Qin Chuan listened quietly for a while, his eyes lit up, and he jumped out of the bed. He asked Ouyang Qi to come close to the partition wall and listen to what was going on in the room next door.
