He wondered if he had run into the bad luck god recently and met a brother and sister like Shen Yaoshi.
It was just that the man in the prison used a hundred taels of silver to let himself go to the Earth Temple in the middle of the night, but now he met a shameless little sister-in-law who ate, drank, and lived for free, and defrauded him of all the more than a dozen taels of silver he had brought with him. Gone.
The moment he went out and breathed in the morning air, Qin Xiao suddenly felt as innocent as a little sheep.
He really didn't want to stay with that shameless woman for even a moment longer.
Mu Yeji took Qin Xiao's money without any guilt, and continued to sleep as she slept, eat and drink well, and her life was very happy for her.
Not having a single copper coin with him, Qin Xiao thought that he could only go to the bank to exchange some silver.
Mu Yeji's behavior made Qin Xiao feel angry, and the culprit of all this was Pharmacist Shen who was imprisoned. Qin Xiao made up his mind that when he returned to Jiazi Prison, he must make Pharmacist Shen... There is a price for his actions.
Before we arrived at the bank, we saw several people hurriedly running towards the front. Just after the group passed by, a few more people hurried over from behind. I don’t know whether they were in a hurry to beg for money or were being chased by the beggars.
"Hey, Boss Qiu, where are you going?" Qin Xiao was wondering, and saw two people running past him. He knew that one of them was the owner of a bookstore, and he had cooperated with him.
Boss Qiu turned around and saw Qin Xiao, and said hurriedly: "There was a big fire last night. I heard that people were burned to death. Let's go over and see what happened."
He walked while talking and did not stop.
Although Turtle City is not small, it is not big either. If something happens on weekdays, it will always attract a group of people to watch.
Qin Xiao followed Boss Qiu as he turned around a street and saw a large group of people gathered not far ahead, a dense mass of darkness, and there were still people gathering in that direction from all around.
"Don't squeeze any more." A cadre in the crowd waved his hand and said, "Stand back, what's there to see?"
Qin Xiao saw that the official officer was from the Duwei Mansion and hurriedly walked over. When the people onlookers saw Qin Xiao coming in official clothes, they thought he was coming to do errands and made way for him. Qin Xiao squeezed past , all I saw was that a house in front of me had been burned down and collapsed, and there were puffs of black smoke rising among the rubble.
At this time, several officials were carrying corpses out of the burned-down houses, and there were already several corpses placed on the roadside. Before they had time to cover them up, the corpses were burnt to black and were too miserable to be seen.
Seven or eight officers of the Duwei Mansion maintained order and prevented the people from crowding in. Next to the corpse were several officers with swords. These people were dressed differently from the officers of the Duwei Mansion. Qin Xiao's That's Xing Cao's man.
The most powerful person in Guicheng is naturally the Marquis of Changxin. In addition, there is the Duwei Mansion, and the Xingcao is the yamen with real power among the six Cao Cao in Guicheng.
The criminal cases in Turtle City are all handled by Xing Cao, and the interrogation and questioning are all handled by Xing Cao's officials. The Duwei Mansion assists Xing Cao in arresting people. If there are prisoners, Xing Cao will be imprisoned by Duwei Mansion. stand up.
"Meng Baotou!" Qin Xiao saw Meng Zimo standing not far away, and walked over and called out.
Meng Zimo's face was very ugly. He stared at the burned house and clenched his fists. Hearing Qin Xiao's voice, he turned to take a look and said: "There was a fire here. It was just put out. Butcher Zheng and his family... .!" He didn't say anything else.
Qin Xiao's heart trembled.
Of course he knew who Butcher Zheng was.
A few days ago, a vicious dog from the Zhenhou Mansion was biting at Butcher Zheng's butcher shop. Meng Zimo happened to be passing by and kicked the dog to death. As a result, Meng Zimo almost couldn't leave the Zhenhou Mansion.
After the incident, who knew that Butcher Zheng’s house was burned down by fire.
He glanced at the corpses. Although the corpses had been burned to the point of being inhuman shape, he could see that there were actually two children's corpses among them.
That is of course the child of Butcher Zheng's family.
Zheng, who was full of butchers, was burned to death in a fire.
"Get out of the way, Official Lu Cao has arrived." There was a commotion in the crowd. Qin Xiao turned around and looked over. He saw two officials from the prison guard guarding a middle-aged man in black official uniforms who squeezed in from the crowd. Qin Xiao
However, he recognized it at a glance and found that the official was Lu Siyuan, the Cao officer who served as the prisoner.
Meng Zimo came over and bowed his hand to Lu Siyuan. Lu Siyuan nodded. When he saw the burned house, he raised his hand to cover his nose, frowned, looked at the corpses again, and then said: "How many are dead?
"
Meng Zimo's lips moved slightly, but in the end he did not speak.
He is from the Duwei Mansion and is responsible for apprehending criminals, but investigating criminal cases is not within the scope of his duties.
"Reporting to your lord, Butcher Zheng has a family of five, including two husband and wife, a pair of children, and an old mother." A prison officer said: "Four corpses have been found, and his mother's body should still be inside.
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Lu Siyuan said: "Is this a family that was burned to death?"
"It should be that the fire broke out in the house after the whole family fell asleep." The Yamen said: "The neighbors were all asleep, and they didn't hear anyone calling for help from Butcher Zheng's house. When they found out, the house was already in flames.
The fire was covered and affected both sides. People around the area got up to put out the fire, but the fire was so intense that it took a while to put it out, but no one was rescued."
"Amitabha." Lu Siyuan clasped his hands together: "It's really pitiful that the whole family was burned to death." Xiang Yamen said: "Let's collect some money later and bury the whole family. We can't have the whole family die and not even bury them."
There is no place for it.”
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a voice from behind saying: "Master Lu, please don't raise any money. The young master will pay for the funeral expenses."
Qin Xiao followed the sound and saw Mr. Lang, the staff member of Zhenhou Mansion, slowly walking out of the crowd.
Seeing Mr. Lang, Meng Zimo's face darkened, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
"It turns out to be Mr. Lang." When Lu Siyuan saw Mr. Lang, he immediately burst into laughter and bowed slightly: "Young Master is truly a living Bodhisattva. If Butcher Zheng and his family knew that Young Master laid them to rest in peace, they would be extremely grateful."
Mr. Lang put one hand behind his back and said with a smile: "Someone just reported that there was a fire in Butcher Zheng's house. He was worried and asked me to come over to see what the situation was. He also said that Butcher Zheng grew up in Turtle City since he was a child. If
Someone in the family unfortunately died, and the Zhenhou Mansion is willing to provide money for burial." He sighed, shook his head and said: "Who knew that a family of five would all die in the fire, the young master must also be sad."
"Young Master Renyi." someone in the crowd shouted.
Immediately many people followed suit.
Lu Siyuan said hurriedly: "Don't worry, Mr. Lang, butcher Zheng and his family have been killed, and Xing Cao will help with the funeral arrangements."
"Wait a minute." Suddenly, Meng Zimo said in a deep voice: "Mr. Lu, the bodies of Butcher Zheng's family have not been autopsyed yet, so it is concluded that they were burned to death. Is it too hasty?"
Lu Siyuan frowned and said, "What do Meng Captou mean by this? The house was burned like this, and the corpse was carried out from the house. Wasn't it burned to death? Could it be that he was killed by someone else?"
Meng Zimo said: "The body was indeed taken out of the house, but this does not prove that it was definitely burned to death. Why don't you let me examine the body?"
"When did the Duwei's Mansion start investigating the case?" Mr. Lang said from the sidelines, "The Duwei's Mansion intervened in the matter of punishing Cao today, will it interfere with Hucao tomorrow? Even all the government offices in the imperial court know about each department.
As for his position, don’t the people in the Duwei Mansion understand this?"
The corners of Meng Zimo's eyes twitched slightly, this was the Achilles' heel of the Duwei Mansion.
Lu Siyuan also snorted coldly and said: "Captain Meng, what even Mr. Lang knows, but you, the captain, don't understand? If you really want to start handling the case, you can invite Captain Han over. I would like to know, he
Do you agree to let you handle the case?"
"Sir, Butcher Zheng's family was obviously not burned to death. If it is determined that they were burned to death, the only thing that will be damaged is the reputation of the prisoner." Qin Xiao suddenly said from the sidelines.
Lu Siyuan glanced at Qin Xiao and sneered: "Since when can even the jailer of Duwei's Mansion talk nonsense? What qualifications do you have to talk here."
"Butcher Zheng's family died so tragically. If we can't even find out how they died, how can their family live in peace?" Qin Xiao was not afraid.
The people around him immediately started talking among themselves.
"How can you tell that they weren't burned to death?" a prison officer next to him sneered.
Qin Xiaodao: "Someone said just now that when the fire was discovered, the house was already covered in fire. In such a situation, I didn't hear anyone calling for help in the house. Isn't it strange?"
"Their family was sleeping deeply. By the time they found out, it was already too late to scream, so what's the wonder?" Lu Siyuan snorted coldly.
Qin Xiao felt sad and angry at this time.
Of course he knew that the burning of Butcher Zheng's house could never be just an accident.
The Zhenhou Mansion had just been offended a few days ago, and today the bodies of the family were carried out from the burned house. If there was no shadow of the Zhenhou Mansion behind this, Qin Xiao would not be believed to have been killed.
Meng Zimo obviously had the same thoughts as Qin Xiao.
However, Xing Cao wanted to conclude that Butcher Zheng and his family were burned to death, obviously trying to cover up the matter easily.
To everyone's surprise, Qin Xiao walked quickly to the corpse, squatted down, and under the surprised eyes of everyone on the side, the two of them pinched the corners of a corpse's mouth, opened the corpse's mouth with force, and took out
A small piece of cloth was stuffed into the mouth of the corpse.
"What are you doing?" Lu Siyuan said angrily: "Someone, pull him down."
The two prison officials were about to step forward, but Qin Xiao had already stood up, raised the cloth in his hand, showed it in front of Lu Siyuan, and said loudly: "Master Lu, you can see clearly, there is no dust or smoke in this cloth."
If you are burned to death, your mouth will be choked by fireworks, and this piece of cloth will definitely turn black. Any gangster knows this truth." He sneered and said: "Only by being harmed by others first, and then burned by fire after death,
The corpse cannot breathe, so the inside of the mouth is like this."
The people around him were in an uproar. Someone had already shouted: "Butcher Zheng's family was killed by someone. The case cannot be settled like this. The murderer must be found and redressed for their injustice."