Chapter 307: Fulai Inn Hundred Tribulations Collection (5)
When Master Zhufu heard this, he felt that he heard something wrong. What does it mean that it was normal at first, but then he heard people gradually becoming noisy? Master Zhufu's eyes tightened slightly, and he stared at Master Wu's. The widow looked into it and said: "Listen to what you said, why are you always awake and not sleeping at night? What do you want..."
"I..." The widow hesitated, biting her lip, hesitant and unable to give a reason.
When Zhu Fu saw the squeezing expression of the widow Niuniu, he immediately changed his eyes to look at the prisoner. He became even more nervous when he saw the young woman. Zhu Fu leaned forward and bent his right arm to support it on the table. , said to the young woman: "This sudden desire has nothing to do with you..."
"No, no, no," Magistrate Wu's widow said anxiously, saying three nos in succession like a bouncing bean, with a look of desire and embarrassment on her face, and a panicked look in her reddish eyes.
Zhu Fu looked at it, took a breath, and said, "Then tell me."
"I..." Magistrate Wu's widow lowered her head again, twisting a section of her braid with both hands, as if she was in the same mood as her. She was made anxious by the blessings, and then hesitantly said: "Yes. The guy in my family had some kind of erotic dream in the middle of the night. He got excited and... made me wake up."
"Oh oh oh," Zhu Fu heard this, and because of the presence of Lei Heng and Zhu Tong, he immediately interrupted the conversation without letting her continue, and asked: "Since you woke up early, why did Master Wu still Still buried in the sea of fire, maybe something happened while escaping,"
The widow nodded, and when she thought about it, tears fell down again. She secretly took out a piece of white silk from her waist and tested the tears, and then said: "I was also anxious after hearing this. That's why I called it He (Wu County Magistrate) went to take a look. At about this time, a policeman came in in a panic and said that there was a fire outside. At that time... at that time, the damn guy patted his butt in a hurry and ran away..." At this point , Magistrate Wu’s widow mentioned her sadness and couldn’t help crying.
Master Zhufu felt his heart weaken when he saw it, and he coaxed the two of them, and finally managed to coax them. The widow then managed to stop her tears and continued: "That's it, I quickly got rid of it." I put on my clothes and ran outside. I looked at the fire and the billowing black smoke on all sides. I was very scared of people. Without thinking at the time, I ran in the direction of the light. I finally saw someone in front of the small garden and caught up with him. He was heartless. He was standing in front of the small treasury at that time. Looking at the burning treasury, he felt anxious. He asked his officer to go in and save the money. However, the officer looked at the burning roof and the thick smoke and was stunned. I didn't dare to go in, and finally ran away to escape for my life. Seeing that the guard had run away, the heartless man came over and asked me to go. At that time, I saw that all my family's belongings were lost in it, so...that was... This is my hope for the rest of my life..." At this point, the widow was so choked up that she could not speak.
Lord Zhufu looked at the widow crying so hard, and snorted slightly, but there was nothing he could do about it. He had no choice but to coax and lie to both of them for a while before he stopped the widow. With tears streaming down her face, the widow sobbed and said: "That heartless thing saw the fire and burned all the belongings. He rushed in in a hurry, and I couldn't hold him back. Finally, I heard him There were screams inside, and at first you could barely see a shadow, but then it disappeared completely, and it was probably burned to ashes by the fire."
"Oh..." Zhu Fu stared at the table in front of him, nodded, as if he was thinking about something, and said: "You escaped later, and Magistrate Wu died like this, well, this Generally speaking, it is not a murder. Otherwise, it would be faster to light the house you are in. Magistrate Wu could have escaped. However, he was thinking about his own property and went crazy out of anxiety, so he died in the fire. I Look, this is the so-called 'people die for money and birds die for food', this case is like this, it is very easy to solve,"
"Your Majesty, you are wise. In your eyes, such a big case with many mysteries has cleared up the clouds. Only a few words can reveal the truth and the answer to the mystery. I have never seen such a wise person in my life. I admire you, I really admire you. "Lei Heng made a double entendre with all the irony in his tone, which made Lord Zhufu feel very happy, and Zhu Ding couldn't hold back his laughter even more when he saw it.
Master Zhufu felt even more proud after being praised by Lei Heng, and his self-righteous arrogance was unknowingly revealed. He said: "Go to the county government office tomorrow to take a look, and I will report this matter to the prefect." This is what the case is about. When the time comes, I will wait until the county government is repaired and I can take up my post, hahaha," Master Zhufu laughed as he said this.
Zhu Tong was outspoken and quick-tongued, unlike Lei Heng who could say sweet words with a sharp edge. At this time, he couldn't bear it anymore and said: "My lord, I'm afraid this matter is not that simple. The investigation into the cause of Magistrate Wu's death I understand, but as for the cause of the fire in the Yamen, do you think we should also give an explanation to the prefect? Once the case is closed, wouldn't it be... embarrassing for the prefect when the prefect smells it?"
Not to mention the magistrate asking about it, the current Lord Zhufu was very embarrassed when he heard these words. Just now, he was held up by Lei Heng so hard that he could almost reach the clouds in the sky. However, this guy poured a ladle of cold water on him, which made him very embarrassed. Master Zhufu felt very unhappy. After hearing this, Master Zhufu turned his mouth to one side, glanced at the "ignorant" Zhu Dian, and said to Zhu Ding without a good expression: "You don't need to worry about this. , I know better than you. Besides, I have already said that I will go and take a look at the scene tomorrow. With my eyes and a look around, the cause of the fire will be clear."
Zhu Tong felt very unhappy and dissatisfied when he heard Master Zhufu's pretentious excuse. However, when he saw Lei Heng's secret look, he stopped talking immediately.
Lei Heng said with a smile at this time: "What you said is absolutely true. I have something else I want to report to you."
Zhu Fu looked at Lei Heng with a smile on his face. In his heart, Lei Heng was much more pleasing to his eyes than Zhu Dian. Master Zhu Fu raised his hand slightly and said: " Well, you say,"
"Sir, you also know about Zang Hanzhong's case, right?"
Zhu Fu looked at Lei Heng and nodded, saying: "I know, I know, this guy wanted to rob the official bank, but he was finally arrested and brought to justice by Magistrate Wu, and his family assets were seized. What happened?"
Lei Heng continued: "This guy, when he was in power, he was at best a rich man, but if you think he only has a lot of money, how dare he go after the official silver?"
Master Zhu Fu nodded and said, "Could it be that there are bad people supporting him behind his back?"
"My lord is very wise. According to my investigation, I learned that one of Zang Han's sons, Zang Ao, was very close to a group of bandits. With his strong financial resources, he worked behind the scenes and bribed this group of people. Finally, he and These people became accomplices, robbed homes and bullied the people, and the gold and silver they obtained were divided into 30% and 70%. Zang Ao was later killed by officers and soldiers while robbing the official silver. However, his accomplices have not been fully captured yet. Arrested and brought to justice, do you think there is such a possibility that the Yamen is the group of people who set the fire to the people regardless of their original intention?"
Lord Zhufu didn't speak when he heard this, but looked up with his eyes, and after thinking for a moment, he slowly said: "So, it does make some sense, well, this is somewhat possible... It's possible. It would be great if we could catch one and bring him back for interrogation."
Lei Heng pretended to be embarrassed and said: "I'm afraid... this won't be easy to handle. That group of people is like a fish drowning in the sea. There are no portraits and no witnesses. If you want to confirm this gang of bandits, I'm afraid It’s not easy, it’s just…”
"Well, it's just what," Zhu Fu couldn't help but ask after seeing that Lei Heng stopped talking in the middle of his sentence.
"It's just that I'm a little worried now... Sir, if you come down, they may blame all the grudges on you. Therefore, it is best for me to guard you tonight, lest you fall into their hands." ," Lei Heng said very sincerely, making Lord Zhufu believe him.
Zhufu originally hoped that these two people would leave quickly so that he could have time to "talk" alone with Mr. Wu's widow. However, these two people planned to guard him here and protect his safety. Mr. Zhufu Feeling slightly impatient and conflicted in his heart, he said: "I have twenty officers under me. I think even if they have the intention of retaliation, they would not dare to do such a thing."
"Those people are all gangsters in the world. They can think of all kinds of vicious tricks. If they dare to set fire to the Yamen, they may have the courage to set fire to the inn, or even sneak in and assassinate them directly."
"Rogue bandits, what kind of skills can they have? All the people under me are not decorations. I will ask them to keep strict guard in a moment. You two have been waiting for a day. You are tired and don't want to go back, so you stay in the store. That's fine, if you need anything, I'll come back and give you instructions," Mr. Zhufu said and stood up, intending to see off the guests.
As soon as Mr. Wu's widow saw him, she stood up, said goodbye and left. Zhufu was not able to stay in front of others, so he thought about entrusting him to someone else and inviting him over later. However, Mr. Wu's widow was gone. Zhu Tong and Lei Heng still did not move. Lei Heng said solemnly: "Sir, although my two brothers are tired, it is nothing compared with the safety of your life. Your Majesty, you are tired from riding your horse. Please rest in peace. My two brothers are tired." There is such a small space, just sit down and have a rest,”
"Well, what's going on? Go down and have a rest. Call my Liu San over." Zhu Fu had an ulterior motive in his mind. Seeing that these two people really didn't know what to do, he was panicking because of all the calculations in his mind. ,