At this time, not only Wang Can's expression changed drastically, but Ma Chao and Ma Xiu were also in a bad mood.
The situation has become complicated.
Hou Fang's death and the deaths of Ma Teng's family were too unexpected for Wang Can. For Ma Chao and Ma Xiu, they were also in danger after Wang Can knew about it.
Ma Xiu stared at Wang Can and said, "Brother, Hou Fang's matter has been exposed. We can't get out for the time being. Let's hide for a while."
Ma Chao shook his head and said: "Wait a moment. If Wang Can enters the city directly, we will take the opportunity to leave the city."
They were still standing in the crowd, not gathering together, so they didn't attract anyone's attention.
As soon as Wang Can returned to Xinping County, he encountered a mess and felt a little irritated.
Hou Fang is a typical outsider. No monarch likes such a person and will not reuse him. Wang Can does not care about Hou Fang's life and death. As for Ma Teng's family, Wang Can does not care about Ma Teng either.
They are all dead, and Ma Chao and Ma Xiu are on the run. What use can a group of women and children do?
However, Wang Can was full of doubts in his heart, thinking about who killed Hou Fang and Ma Teng's family members. Logically speaking, Hou Fang and Ma Teng's family members were on opposite sides and should not have been killed together.
All these factors made Wang Can's head as big as an ox's.
Wang Can looked at the soldier who reported the news and asked: "When were Hou Fang and Ma Teng's family members killed?"
The soldier replied: "Reporting to the King of Shu, I saw the county magistrate last night. At that time, the county magistrate was fine and there was nothing unusual. This morning, I received a notice and asked the county magistrate to come to the city gate to greet him.
The King of Shu discovered that the county magistrate died in the east courtyard. Judging from the situation, it should have happened last night."
After Wang Can heard this, he waved the soldiers back.
He turned around and ordered: "Zilong, go and arrange for the army to be ready at any time."
"promise!"
Zhao Yun nodded and agreed, then rode out of the city to settle the 60,000 troops outside the city.
Wang Can glanced at him and ordered: "Let's rush to the county government immediately to find out the specific reason." He patted the horse's back gently and prepared to lead people to the county government.
Ma Chao and Ma Xiu stood in the crowd. They were overjoyed when they saw Wang Can preparing to lead people into the city.
As long as Wang Can doesn't close the city gate, they can take the opportunity to leave.
The opportunity is in front of you.
At this time, everyone was very excited.
Not long ago, they were blocked in the city and could not get out; now, Wang Can did not let the soldiers close the city gate, and they could just take the opportunity to leave. Ma Chao and Ma Xiu looked at each other, and nodded to the soldiers scattered around, signaling them
Getting ready to leave. Ma Xiu stared at Wang Can, with cold murderous intent flashing in his eyes.
Faced with this great hatred, Ma Xiu wanted to rush in and kill Wang Can. However, Wang Can was always surrounded by defenses, and soldiers were standing ready to protect Wang Can.
Just as Wang Can was about to lead his troops into the city, Fazheng's voice came over: "My lord, wait a minute!"
Wang Can reined in his horse and asked, "Xiaozhi, what's the matter?"
Fa Zheng admonished: "My lord, it is no accident that Hou Fang and Ma Teng's family members were killed. A major event happened in the city, and the city gate has just been opened, and no one has left, and the criminals have not had time to leave Xinping County. Therefore,
Now we should immediately impose martial law, close the city gates, and search for criminals. I suggest that the city gates be temporarily closed and the city gates can be opened again after the cause is found out."
Guo Jia also said: "My lord, filial piety and outspokenness make sense."
Wang Can looked at Lu Meng and ordered: "Amen, you are responsible for this matter. You order the soldiers to station at the city gate and prohibit everyone from leaving. You will not open the city gate until the cause is found out."
"promise!"
After Lü Meng received the order, he ordered his soldiers to station at the city gate and forbid anyone to leave.
Then, he returned to Wang Can.
After Lu Meng closed the city gate, Wang Can led people to the county government.
Ma Chao and Ma Xiu hid in the crowd. When they saw the city gate closed, they were extremely disappointed. They went from disappointment to surprise, and now from surprise to disappointment. You can imagine their mood.
Ma Chao sighed and said, "Let's retreat."
The group of people left quietly and hid.
After Wang Can brought Fazheng, Guo Jia, Dian Wei, Lu Meng and others into the county government, they went directly to the backyard to check the cause of death of Hou Fang and Ma Teng's family members. Among the dead, two people were actually Hou Fang's staff.
Moreover, one of Ma Teng's women actually committed suicide, and the others were killed with their mouths covered, and one was killed in the bathtub.
Such a complicated situation gave Wang Can a headache.
After Wang Can read it, he took everyone back to the hall.
The guests and hosts were seated. Wang Can looked at the others and said, "Follow me and look at the conditions of all the deceased, and share your opinions. Let's discuss it."
In the hall, everyone looked solemn.
Seeing that no one was speaking, Fa Zheng took the lead and said: "My lord, Hou Fang and his two staff were all killed in Beiyuan. And Ma Teng's family members were all killed in East Courtyard. Among them,
There was a woman who died naked in the bathtub, and another woman who committed suicide. It was very weird and complicated." After a pause, Fazheng continued: "I think someone killed Yu first.
Tong's woman, then went to kill Hou Fang and his staff, and finally killed Ma Teng's family members."
Wang Can asked: "What is the basis for filial piety and uprightness?"
Fazheng shook his head and said, "Lord, I'm just speculating, it's hard to make a conclusion."
Wang Can looked at Guo Jia and asked, "Fengxiao, what do you have in mind?"
Guo Jia said: "My lord, you are still careless when you ask me to lead the troops in a low position, but when analyzing the murder case, my humble position is really not good enough. Xiaozhi has already advised my lord to close the city gate, and there is enough time to investigate, so there is no need to rush."
Wang Can rolled his eyes and was speechless.
Dianman said carelessly: "Lord, I will also tell you something. After looking at the conditions of all the dead, I found that except for the person in Ma Yunlu's room who committed suicide, the rest were killed."
At this point, Noriman stopped abruptly.
Wang Can looked at Dianman, but Dianman waved his hand and said, "My lord, I have finished speaking."
When Dian Wei saw his son talking nonsense, he glared at Dian Man fiercely.
Suddenly, Lu Meng, who had been silent until now, said: "My lord, I have finally thought of a strange place."
Wang Can immediately asked: "What's weird?"
Lu Meng said slowly: "The last general led his troops to capture Huaili and captured Ma Teng's wives and concubines, as well as Ma Teng's daughter Ma Yunlu. However, the only people who died in the county were Ma Teng's wives and concubines, while Ma Yunlu disappeared out of thin air.
, this is very strange. Not only that, when Ma Yunlu disappeared, Hou Fang and two staff were also killed. Could it be that Ma Yunlu killed everyone and then escaped?"
After a pause, Lu Meng said: "Ma Yunlu has good martial arts skills and is fully capable of this."
After hearing this, Wang Can fell into deep thought.
This statement is reasonable, but it is a bit far-fetched.
After hearing Lu Meng's words, Guo Jia's eyes suddenly lit up, a joyful expression appeared on his thin cheeks, and he said loudly: "My lord, I think of who killed all the people because of my humble duty."
Fazheng also said: "Lord, I have thought of my humble position."
Wang Can looked at the two of them with interest and said, "Okay, you all tell me."
Guo Jia and Fazheng looked at each other and said in unison: "Ma Chao!"
After hearing this, Wang Can thought about it carefully, and gradually figured it out, and said slowly: "What you mean is that Ma Chao and Ma Xiu sneaked into Xinping County, and then took the opportunity to sneak into the county government to rescue Ma Yunlu, and then killed them.
Hou Fang and his staff." At this point, Wang Can paused and continued, "As for Ma Teng's wives and concubines, they should prevent future troubles, so they did everything they could to kill them all.
"
Guo Jia and Fazheng nodded in agreement.
Wang Can took a deep breath and said with a smile: "So, Ma Chao and Ma Xiu are still in Xinping County. Well, we were worried about not being able to find Ma Chao and Ma Xiu, but we didn't expect them to bump into them."
Wang Can was not angry but happy, with a look of joy on his face.
As long as we catch Ma Chao and Ma Xiu, we can eliminate the root cause.
Ps: The fourth update is completed, it’s time to call it a day and take a break.