"They had their faces covered. I really couldn't tell them apart. They were either five or six."
"Five or six, so they killed you first and then went back to find Zhou Yin and his wife?"
Erji raised his head and asked, "Zhou Yin and his wife?"
"The couple you entrusted with the evidence were also killed that day. If they killed you first and made sure you didn't have anything with you before chasing after you," County Magistrate Tang looked at him sharply.
Asked, "How long did you run away before you were caught up? Also, they didn't find your body. How could they be sure that the thing was not on you, but on a third party? Have they seen Zhou Yin and his wife? Or did you tell them?"
Erji trembled his lips and shook his head, "No, I, I didn't say anything. I don't know if they saw them. Maybe they did. Yes, I was in a hurry. The master asked them to run away and then took me.
Lure them away, they are chasing so fast, maybe they saw you."
Magistrate Tang looked at him for a long time, until cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and then asked: "Do you remember everything that happened that day?"
Erji nodded repeatedly and said affirmatively: "I remember, I remember."
Magistrate Tang looked at Bai Shan and motioned for him to take out the things.
Bai Shan pursed his lips, took out a folded drawing from his arms, opened it and showed it to them.
This is the map he drew based on the cleared road. Magistrate Tang stared at Erji, pointed at the points on the map and said: "This is Yizhou City, this is Luojiang County, and this is Qili Village, this
This is the road you used to escape here, isn't it?"
Erji looked at it for a while and nodded, "Yes."
"Then tell me, where did you meet Zhou Yin and his wife?"
Erji hesitated for a moment, then pointed at a place with shaking fingers and said: "Here."
Magistrate Tang raised his eyebrows slightly when he saw it. Bai Shan was also surprised and asked, "This is the way into Qili Village. Aren't you going to Luojiang County? Why did you turn here?"
Erji wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "We were going to Luojiang County, but they were chasing too closely at that time. The master was injured and couldn't get far by running along that road, so we saw a
The path turns in."
At this time, Erji finally realized that he seemed to have done something wrong. No one had ever shown him a picture to identify it. The old lady asked him where the accident happened, and he said it was in Luojiang County.
At that time, they fled to Luojiang County and were chased by assassins. On the way, they met a group of passing couples, and the master took the things away to them...
He looked at Daji with a guilty conscience and asked: "Brother, did I say something wrong? That place, that place is also in Luojiang County, right?"
Daji patted his shoulder reassuringly and said, "It's from Luojiang County. You were right."
Erji breathed a sigh of relief.
Magistrate Tang took a pen to mark the map and continued to ask: "Did you meet Zhou Yin and his wife here, or catch up with Zhou Yin and his wife?"
Er Ji thought for a while and then said: "To catch up, their car was moving very slowly at that time. We caught up from behind. The man was Zhou Yin. He turned around and saw us, so he stopped the car and waited.
us."
Erji paused for a moment when he said this, shook his lips and said: "At that time, he asked us if we wanted to take a bus, whether we wanted to go to Qili Village, Dali Village, or Baimaguan Town..."
Magistrate Tang asked, "What then?"
"Then the master took out his official seal and showed it to the couple, explained the reason, and asked them to take the things and hide them. When Mr. Tang comes here for inspection, he will hand the things to Mr. Tang."
"Wait a minute," County Magistrate Tang sat up straight and asked, "Where is the official seal?"
Erji was stunned for a moment and said: "I also gave him the official seal. The master said that only with the official seal can he ask for an audience."
"Besides the official seal, what else did County Magistrate Bai give him?"
"The evidence, oh, there are also a few pieces of gold on me. I said I would use it if I need money."
Magistrate Tang asked again, "What happens after you give me something?"
"The master asked them to leave quickly, and then he took me back with the empty parcel, walked out of the path, and headed towards Luojiang County. Not long after we left, the assassins caught up with us. The master said,
We have to lure people away, and we must not let the assassins find out that the things are not on us, so I have to go to the mountains and escape for my life separately from me..."
"Who brought the empty package?"
Erji trembled his lips and said, "Yes, it's Master..."
Magistrate Tang slapped his hand on the bed and shouted angrily, "You lied! Who brought the empty package used as a disguise?"
Erji broke into a cold sweat and his whole body started to tremble.
Daji couldn't help but hugged him tightly, held his arm tightly, pinched him painfully and said: "Erji, tell Magistrate Tang, who is holding the empty package?"
Erji, with tears and runny nose running down his face, looked at Bai Shan and Man Bao tremblingly.
Bo'an couldn't help but stepped forward and shouted: "You scared my second uncle."
Erji burst into tears with a cry of "Wow". The man who was already standing was crying like a child. He cried out: "I am holding it, I am holding it. The master can't run fast, he is injured.
He said that he couldn't run away, and asked me to take the things and run as fast as possible. If I couldn't run, I would find a valley and throw the things away... I, I wanted to throw it into the valley, but
They chased me too fast. When the sword came at me, I didn’t know why I threw the baggage out to block it. I didn’t say, I didn’t say it was them who took the stuff away. I didn’t say anything. I jumped to
I'm on the hillside, I, I don't know anything anymore..."
Daji pursed his lips tightly and did not speak, but still hugged Erji and did not let go.
Bai Shan and Man Bao stood quietly aside, their sleeves touching their sleeves. Bai Shan glanced at Man Bao worriedly, then reached out and quietly held her cold hand.
County Magistrate Tang looked at Erji for a while, and then continued to ask after he was almost crying: "What's in the package?"
Erji calmed down a little, wiped his tears and said, "There are account books, rosters, and some letters."
“What is an account book, what is a roster, and who is a letter to whom?”
Erji shook his head, "I don't know, I haven't shown it to me, but I occasionally heard him and He Xiancheng say that things must not go wrong, otherwise not only will they not survive, but the entire Yizhou City may be destroyed.
Implicated."
"Anything about King Yizhou?"
Erji hesitated for a moment and then nodded, "Yes."
Magistrate Tang glanced at him and asked: "Can you still remember what happened twelve years ago? That is, what happened half a year before the accident."
"I remember," Erji said: "In the past twelve years, I have been thinking about the past every day and night, so I remember it very clearly."