"Young Master, look at what you said. How dare you kid me to play tricks on you? Master Shen is waiting for you inside!"
"Then I'll go in and take a look." Xu Yihao followed the yamen servant into the dungeon pretending to be calm, and greeted Shen Zhonglei in a polite manner, "My nephew has met my uncle, but I don't know why my uncle asked my nephew to come here."
Shen Zhonglei's eyes swept across Xu Yihao's neck, and there was indeed an obvious black mole on the left side of his neck.
"Look, is it this person?"
After hearing Shen Zhonglei's question, Xu Yihao discovered that there was another person kneeling in the room.
This man was kneeling in the shadow of the candlelight. He was so dark that it was hard to spot him without looking carefully.
As soon as Xu Yihao saw the dark-faced man, he immediately turned to face him. His heart was as panicked as a drum, and he asked in trepidation: "Uncle, what do you mean by calling me here in the middle of the night?"
The black-faced man suddenly said: "Sir, this is the man. Although he covered his face when we met, I remember the black mole on his neck and can hear his voice."
"What nonsense are you talking about? You said you know me just because you know me? I have never seen you before!" Xu Yihao was so panicked that his voice changed his tone, and he hurriedly turned around and said to Shen Zhonglei, "Uncle, what on earth is going on?
What's the matter?"
"You tell me everything." Shen Zhonglei ignored Xu Yihao and raised his chin at the black-faced man.
"Sir, that's what happened. The villain is a driver. He usually pulls people, pulls some goods, and earns some hard money. The villain's brother, Xiao Liuzi, usually makes a living on the street and knows a lot of people.
Occasionally, he would bring in some business to the villain, and the villain would also give him some referral fees.
"The result is that a few days ago, he suddenly came to the villain and said that he had a big job. He asked the villain if he would take it. He said that the master would pay twenty taels of silver first and then thirty taels after the job was over. Are you
We, the parents and officials of Yongzhou Prefecture, should know how much an ordinary person like Xiao Ren earns per year. It is fifty taels of silver in total. Even if Xiao Ren and Xiao Liuzi split it half and half, twenty-five taels is enough for Xiao Ren to find a wife."
"So the villain got excited at that time and agreed without asking what kind of job it was. But when he went to get the deposit, the villain realized that he wanted to kidnap two girls, so he backed down. But this young man followed
The younger one said that the girl arranged this matter herself. He was just a middleman who helped find someone. He said that the girl was having trouble with her family and wanted to make her parents worry, so he did this.
"This young master also told me that all we have to do is to take away the two girls and the maid and keep them for a period of time. We don't need to worry about anything else. When he sends someone to deliver the message, we will release them here.
Then we can take the money and fly away."
"It's nonsense, it's just a rant!" Xu Yihao pointed at the black-faced man and said angrily.
"Don't interrupt yet." Shen Zhonglei glared at Xu Yihao, and then asked the black-faced man, "Then why did you suddenly murder the two girls again?"
"Xiao Liuzi was responsible for handing the veils of the two girls to the young master. He kept an eye on it and followed the young master all the way. Unexpectedly, he saw him enter the prefect's Yamen.
"When they learned that the two girls were the daughters of the prefect, the younger one and the younger one were both frightened. At that time, they didn't know how lard had taken their minds, and they actually wanted to kill the two girls so that we could take the opportunity to escape.
"The villain knows that he is wrong, he really knows that he is wrong, but at the beginning, the villain really had no intention of kidnapping the prefect's daughter! The villain has suffered terribly at the hands of this young master!"
Xu Yihao was sweating profusely all over his body, and his shirt was already wet. He was not only afraid of the coldness of the prison, but as soon as he opened his mouth, his upper and lower teeth began to chatter uncontrollably.
"Uncle, you must not listen to such unruly people's nonsense. Look at his injuries all over his body. Maybe he was framed by someone after being tortured to extract a confession. Yes, that's definitely the case. What happened? Who hates me so much that he wants to kill me in this way——"
After hearing this, the black-faced man trembled all over, his muscles contracted and twitched involuntarily. The pain of being pricked by Shen Tianshu's needles came back to his heart, causing him to speak hastily: "Sir, what the villain said is true. It’s just a lie. Moreover, the scars on the villain’s body were all caused by the struggle when the guards tied him up. No one punished the villain, really no one!”
"Come here, take him down first and interrogate Xiao Liuzi." Shen Zhonglei looked at Xu Yihao and said, "You don't admit it. If the two people confess in the same way and identify you later, I think you have something else to say."
Compared to the black-faced man, Xiao Liuzi was more afraid of pain. Shen Tianshu left a huge shadow on him, and he started to take the initiative to explain things as soon as he was brought up.
Although his speech was stumbling, overall, it was almost completely consistent with the testimony of the black-faced man.
Moreover, Xiao Liuzi also revealed some clues that the black-faced man did not mention.
"The girl said at that time that we should kill the other girl and several maids, leaving her alone, and then give us more money. She also said that she was the one who instigated this matter. Money, confessing to us is equivalent to confessing herself. She can't be that stupid, so as long as we kill everyone else, this matter will never be known."
This time the person who found it difficult to accept became Shen Zhonglei. Although he had been mentally prepared before, Xu Yihao and Shen Yunyao must have conspired to do this, most likely to gain more attention and love from his family.
Although this reason is very absurd, and the thing done is not very smart, at least it is still within the scope of children's ignorance and nonsense.
But now Xiao Liuzi's words have completely overturned Shen Zhonglei's understanding of Shen Yunyao. This is not just nonsense, it has risen to a character issue.
Seeing Shen Zhonglei's expression of disbelief, Xiao Liuzi hurriedly added: "Besides that girl, another girl and the maids were also present. If you don't believe me, you can ask them. I won't tell any lies."
With a heavy heart, Shen Zhonglei interrogated the black-faced man again and got the exact same answer.
He really couldn't accept that his biological daughter turned out to be such a vicious person who harmed his brothers and sisters.
Xu Yihao didn't expect Shen Yunyao to be so cruel, so he hurriedly shirks his responsibility and said: "Uncle, it was sister Yunyao who was responsible for this matter. I was just helping her with a small favor. I didn't expect that things would develop like this." serious… …"
Shen Zhonglei stood up, looked at Xu Yihao coldly, and choked back his words.
"Go back and pack your things, get out of Shen's house immediately, and never come back again!"