The old man replied: "That's right. When the little old man went home after drinking and passed by Zhu Ba's house the night before, he felt a little tired for a moment, so he leaned against the wall over there to rest. Not long after, he heard a noise in the courtyard and went there out of curiosity. When I looked inside, I saw Zhu Ba washing a hoe with the water from the well." After the old man finished speaking, he pointed to the well and added: "I remember that it was almost a quarter of an hour before the ugly time."
Zhu Baleng snorted and said, "Is it illegal for a villain to clean a hoe in his own home?"
At this time, Li Yu asked, "But that's not what you said before. Didn't you go to bed shortly after you went home at 2:00 a.m.? Why did you come out late at night to wash the hoe?"
"The little man saw that this vegetable field had not been plowed for a long time, so he turned it over on a whim. Isn't that right?" Zhu Ba argued.
"Hmph, then why didn't you report this when I asked you earlier?" Li Yu said angrily.
"The villain thought this was a trivial matter, so he didn't say anything." Seeing the county captain getting angry, Zhu Ba replied in a low voice.
Seeing that Zhu Ba was still arguing, Li Yu couldn't help but laughed angrily: "Haha, a trivial matter? I think you clearly deliberately misled me, pretending to go to bed soon after returning home and not leaving the house all night. My officer Let me ask you, did you leave the room from about 2:00 to 7:00?"
Zhu Ba replied: "The villain has been out, but he only hoeed the vegetable field and never went out."
Yang Qing said calmly: "Is that so? I see that the area of your vegetable garden is only a few feet round. Does it take half an hour to dig the ground? Besides, you only hoeed the outside ridge and the corridor. It hasn’t been touched yet.”
"This... I was very tired the night before, so I worked a little slowly." Zhu Ba hesitated, and then knelt down and cried to Wang Pu beside him: "Please forgive me for your long years." For the sake of your hard work, I would like to say a few words for the villain, who was wronged."
"Yes, my husband must have been unjustly accused. He would never do anything harmful to others." He came out at some point. Seeing that her husband was about to be regarded as a murderer, she quickly knelt down and cried out.
After Wang Pu pondered for a moment, he walked up to Li Yu and said with a wry smile: "Ziyu, look at this... I don't mean to bend the law for personal gain. If it was really Zhu Ba who did it, I would be the first one not to spare him. Of course what Yang Langjun said is true. It makes sense, but it is only an inference, there is no fatal evidence, and Xinlan's body has not been found yet, so it would be a bit reluctant to convict Zhu Ba like this."
"This..." Li Yu didn't know how to answer for a moment, so he had to look at Yang Qing.
Yang Qingdao: "What the prince said is not unreasonable, so let Xinlan come out and tell Zhu Ba clearly."
Xia Houyue and others were shocked when they heard that Xinlan was being asked to come out. Didn't Yang Qing just say that Xinlan had been killed? How could she still be alive? Even the timid and superstitious people suddenly thought that Yang Langjun had the power to communicate with ghosts and gods, and was he trying to summon Xinlan's ghost to testify?
"Zhu Ba, you are indeed smart and sharp in your words, but when you hoe the ground, you should not hoe some places that should not be hoeed."
"A place that shouldn't be hoeed?" Zhu Ba was a little confused.
Yang Qing smiled and said: "Yes, just like the aisle between these two rows of vegetable fields, what use will you hoe this place for the growth of vegetables?"
Everyone suddenly realized, yes, the vegetable field is the vegetable field. Why are you hoeing this aisle? There must be some treasure underneath. Wait, if it is not the treasure hidden underneath, but Zhu Ba has hidden something underneath. .....The most thoughtful people among the crowd have thought of the key.
"It's you who buried Xinlan here." Yang Qing changed his calm tone and shouted sternly.
Yang Qing's shout made Zhu Ba a little confused for a moment. He quickly stood up and said at a loss: "I'm not, I didn't, I was wronged."
Li Yu sneered and said: "Whether it is wrong or not, you will find out if you dig this place. Come here, dig this corridor for me."
A group of people who had been waiting soon dug up the corridor, but to Yang Qing's surprise, there was no Xinlan's body underground.
Impossible, Xinlan should be buried here by Zhu Ba. Yang Qing was very puzzled. Could it be that it was not deep enough? He immediately said: "Brothers, please dig deeper." But the gentlemen dug two more times. After a few feet, no trace of the body was found. At this time, Li Yu could not sit still and ordered: "You guys will dig up the entire vegetable field. I don't believe you can't find the body."
The entire vegetable field was opened, and the vegetables that had been grown on it were pulled out and put aside neatly. Everyone stepped forward and looked carefully, but still did not find Xinlan's body. A group of people looked at each other in confusion, staring at each other. Yang Qing, I hope he can give an explanation. Li Yu didn't expect this result. After listening to Yang Qing's reasoning, he already believed that Xinlan was buried here. However, he didn't know how to deal with this result. He wanted to ask Yang Qing, but when he saw him He stared at the vegetable patch with his hands behind his back without saying a word, and temporarily stopped thinking.
Seeing Yang Qing's previous vows, others almost believed that Xinlan was buried in his vegetable field by Zhu Ba, but it turned out not to be the case. I'm afraid Yang Langjun thought wrong. For a moment, the crowd There were a lot of discussions, including those who were ignorant, those who were doubtful, and those who were sarcastic. Wang Tong was in a good mood at the moment. It was not because of Zhu Ba's innocence, but because he was overjoyed when he saw Yang Qing deflated. At this time, he couldn't help but laughed: "Brother Yang said so definitely before, but the ground was dug up But there is no body. Tong originally thought that you knew everything, but something happened unexpectedly and unexpectedly. Brother Yang might as well talk about the case again, and Tong can do his best to provide detailed information."
Unexpectedly, the situation he expected for Yang Qing to become angry and frustrated did not happen. Yang Qing seemed not to have heard the ridicule of Wang Tong and others. He still looked calm and stood in front of the vegetable field without saying a word. Wang Tong didn't know that Yang Qing didn't hear his sarcastic words at all. At this time, his mind was spinning. The scenes of the two days of investigations kept passing through his mind. He wanted to reorganize the case and find the doubts that had not yet been discovered. There must be something missing. Xinlan was not buried here by Zhu Ba. Did he bury the body and then go home or go out and bury the body after returning home?
Yang Qing didn't have an answer for a while, and it seemed that he had to take his time to figure it out. However, Zhu Ba didn't want to give him any more time and shouted in front of everyone: "Everyone, just say that the villain was wronged. That Yang Langjun didn't say that he was killed by the villain." Liao Xinlan also buried the body in the vegetable field. What happens now? The truth has come out. This Yang Langjun is just talking nonsense and wronging good people." He then pulled He and knelt down to Wang Pu: "Please, my lord. Make decisions for the villain and give him justice."
When Li Yu saw Zhu Ba pretending to be innocent and complaining about injustice, he immediately shouted angrily: "I will treat you as a bold and unruly citizen. Even if Xinlan's body has not been found yet, just based on the handprints and footprints in the broken house." I agree with you, and you can’t explain your whereabouts between the second quarter and the seventh quarter of Zishi, plus you have sufficient motives for committing the crime. Huh, just based on these three points, I can arrest you. How dare you Here, you are using clever words and flattering words, and you are not ashamed to speak loudly, and you are really being stubborn in your words."
"County Lieutenant, regarding the handprints and footprints, we can only say that the villain is exactly the same size as the real murderer. It is not evidence. The other things are just Yang Langjun's inferences. If the County Lieutenant convicts the villain based on this, Xiao People are dissatisfied." Zhu Ba said loudly.
"Hmph, whether you accept it or not, you can go to the court and tell me. I believe that under severe punishment, you will definitely get it." Li Yu shouted: "Come here and escort this thief away to me."
"The villain is wronged, the villain refuses to accept it, my lord save me, my husband save me..." Zhu Ba's shouts gradually faded away as the gentleman escorted him. Seeing that today's business was over, everyone began to disperse. Xia Houyue came over to thank Li Yu and Yang Qing and left before leaving. Only He was still holding on to the sleeves of Wang Pu and his son, pleading bitterly.
"Mingzhi, although Xinlan's body has not been found here, your inference today is extremely exciting. Zhu Ba still can't escape. Let's go back today." Li Yu saw that Yang Qing was still staring at Sitting in a daze while eating vegetables, he knew that he felt unhappy, but things would not always be perfect. Even if the reasoning was not entirely correct, the identity of Zhu Ba's real murderer was certain, so there was no need to rush.
Yang Qingdao: "Brother has misunderstood. Qing is not dissatisfied because his inference is wrong, but it is the right thing to find the truth earlier."
Li Yu couldn't help being stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect that Mingzhi's realm was so high. It seemed that he was vulgar. He smiled and said: "In this case, the truth cannot escape. I will investigate again tomorrow."
Yang Qing also smiled and said: "Yes, Qing will definitely convince Zhu Ba."
