That night, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse.
After Song Qiu and Aling finished talking, they went out and told Du Chuanfu that they would set off early in the morning and continue walking, not stopping in Yezhen.
Return to the room and prepare to rest.
At this moment, I could only hear a loud noise downstairs.
After a while, there was a clattering sound going up the stairs, and I could tell that there were a lot of people coming up.
Aling was vigilant and immediately stood behind the door to listen for any noise.
But I heard the door next door being knocked loudly, and a male voice said with great force, "Open the door! Open the door quickly! The police are on the case! Open the door quickly!"
Du Chuanfu and his friends live next door.
Aling looked back at Song Qiu and opened the door.
At the same time, the door next door was also opened, and Meng Chaoqun said in a polite tone: "Excuse me, sir, what do you want me to do?"
The policeman said in a bad tone, "There are still people inside, please come out!"
After leaning a little, Du Chuanfu and Ma Liang inside also got dressed and walked out.
When the policeman saw Du Chuanfu, he looked at him back and forth. The next moment, he waved his finger and said, "That's him! Take him down!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the policeman behind him pounced like a hunting dog.
Du Chuanfu didn't react in time. Of course, facing official officials, he didn't dare to react casually, so he was restrained from both sides.
When the person came up, he arrested Du Chuanfu. Song Qiu couldn't sit still and hurriedly stepped out, "I wonder why the official arrests people for no reason?"
The head catcher who was leading the team had been standing there without moving. Now he heard the woman's voice and came over. When he saw Song Qiu, his eyes suddenly lit up.
What a fair little girl! Such a petite figure, tsk.
There was a lustful, evil light in the catcher's eyes, and he thought no one would notice.
But Aling could see it clearly and couldn't help but clenched his fist and gave the head catcher a death stare.
"Is this man and the girl together?" The catcher put his hand on the saber at his waist and stood boldly, thinking that he was condescending and admirable.
Song Qiu looked at him and said seriously: "I wonder what my uncle did that made the officials want to capture him?"
The catcher's tone was slow, "This catcher suspects that he is the murderer of yesterday's murder case! He is a suspect, so of course we have to take him back for questioning!"
When Song Qiu heard this, he almost laughed out of anger.
At first, I was telling Aling that these wine bags and rice bags could not solve the case, so I just wanted to find a scapegoat and wrongly accuse innocent good people.
Unexpectedly, the blame fell on them.
Pay back the suspicion of arresting the head!
She actually suspected that the head catcher was the murderer!
"I'm afraid the official made a mistake. We set off from Qiu Town early this morning and arrived at Ye Town just before noon. How could yesterday's case be related to my uncle?"
This statement is reasonable and well-founded. The government officials at the entrance of the town can testify that they entered the town at noon. The waiter at Qingfu Restaurant can testify, and the shopkeeper at Qingfeng Inn can also testify.
If that doesn't work, you can also go to Qiu Town and check it out.
Doesn’t this person have any brains when handling the case?
But this man obviously has no brains.
The catcher's expression remained unchanged. He pointed at the scar on Du Chuanfu's face and said loudly: "This catcher has a reason to suspect him! The deceased's skin and flesh were picked off and it was so horrific that one can only imagine the brutality of the murderer!
Look at him, he looks fierce, he also has such a long scar on his face, he is not a good person at first glance!"
Song Qiu:...She has a greeting to your ancestors, but I don’t know whether she should say it or not?
Taking a deep breath, Song Qiu said in a calm tone: "The scar on my uncle's face was caused by his loyalty to protect the master, and it has been many years. How can the official conclude that he is a evil person based on this?"
The catcher obviously didn't listen to what others said and insisted on going his own way: "This case is serious and has alarmed the county magistrate. I am the catcher of Songyang County, and it is my duty to detect the case and arrest the real culprit! So in order to omit the real culprit,
Let the real culprits go free, and anyone suspicious must be taken back for questioning!"
"If after interrogation, he is not the murderer, I will naturally let him go!"
What a conscientious and upright head catcher!
If Aling hadn't seen his face with his own eyes, Song Qiu would have worshiped him, what a great performance!
Didn't you notice that the people who gathered downstairs to watch the fun, including the innkeepers, looked excited and almost clapped and cheered!
Song Qiu had no doubt that as long as he was brought back, the news would come out tomorrow that Du Chuanfu had confessed and was accused of being the murderer.
It's unlikely that he would even get the reputation of a murderer who committed suicide out of fear of crime.
When the time comes, it is confirmed that the case has been solved, and the wronged person died unjustly. The people really thought that the case was solved, and they might even praise the arrester for his excellent handling of the case!
But in fact, the real culprit is at large and may continue to harm others!
It's really a shame to handle the case like this.
But as the situation turned out, everyone onlookers were arrested. The words just now incited the emotions to a high level, and they really thought that Du Chuanfu was the real murderer.
When the arrester finished speaking, he raised his hand and said, "Take him away!"
Du Chuanfu was carried downstairs.
At such an unfavorable time, if Song Qiu really asked Aling to stop him, he would be afraid that bad things would double and become even worse.
So she could only say one word to Du Chuanfu quickly and silently: Don't worry.
Du Chuanfu smiled at her, not afraid, and was taken away calmly.
After going downstairs, the people downstairs saw Du Chuanfu clearly, and they all became more excited. It had nothing to do with them, and they all looked like they were filled with indignation.
"He is the murderer? Look, he looks really fierce! With a cold face, he really doesn't look like a good person!"
"That's right! Is he really the one who killed him? The official doesn't accuse good people unjustly!"
"Look at this murderer, tsk tsk, I feel scared just looking at him!"
"Look at the scar on that face! It looks like it's stained with human blood! It's not strange for such a person to kill someone!"
"I just don't know what grudge he had with the deceased, but he was so cruel that he scraped off his skin and flesh!"
"Oh, stop talking! Look, he's looking at you! If he remembers your faces, be careful to turn around and kill you to vent his anger!"
"Hey, he's been arrested, and he can still run away? Our Songyang County head catcher is pretty good! He actually solved the case and caught the murderer in one day!"
"It's good now, the murderer has been caught, and I can sleep well tonight."
"..."
Song Qiu couldn't help but feel a little dull on his face as he listened and watched.
In this world, there are too many people who follow the crowd, don’t use their own brains, and follow what others say.
Ignorant people are fearless, and fearless people are ignorant.
And when the truth they thought was overturned and turned into another truth, they would become an afterthought and say, "That's it! That's how I felt at the time!" Then they would put themselves aside and not pay for their words.
At any cost.
Conscience troubled?
oh,
That won't happen.
How can such a person feel uneasy because his inappropriate remarks have hurt others?
They always feel that they are standing on the moral high ground and looking down on others from God's perspective. They are all right and cannot be wrong at all.
In later generations, this kind of person had a special name: keyboard warrior.
With just a mouth, a pair of hands, a flick of the lips, and a flick of the fingers, they have the sharpest blade, cutting apart and shattering the fragility of others inch by inch.