Teng Zhixian looked at Hang Baiqiu in surprise. He thought Hang Baiqiu had left with the others.
Hang Baiqiu stepped forward and asked, "Where do the Tang Langzhong family you just mentioned live?"
While Hang Baiqiu was questioning and confirming, Chai Yan came over with two horses.
The two of them did not oversleep, but deliberately staggered their departure time from the large group of people. Unexpectedly, when they reached the city gate, they happened to hear the government servant's report.
After the yamen officer told the general location of the murdered Mr. Tang and his family, Hang Baiqiu's face was as dark as water.
Teng Zhixian wanted to talk to Hang Baiqiu, but Hang Baiqiu had no time to talk to him. He turned around and walked back to Chai Yan, saying in a deep voice: "Tang Langzhong's family and Ruoliu's mother and son... were killed!"
Chai Yan seemed to know what Hang Baiqiu was thinking, and immediately handed over a rein and said: "Mount the horse!"
"Um!"
After saying that, Hang Baiqiu and Chai Yan got on their horses, turned around and galloped towards the city.
"Shang Shang, where are you going? Mr. Hang..."
By the time Fujizhi shouted loudly, the two of them had disappeared around the corner of the street.
When we arrived at Dr. Tang's house, the house was already surrounded by people, and the neighbors living around were whispering to each other.
In a small place like Mishan County, a murder case that killed six people at once has never happened before. It is definitely a sensational case!
The two squeezed through the crowd and arrived outside the courtyard of Tang Langzhong's house, where they were stopped by two government officials with their hands outstretched.
Hang Baiqiu frowned and showed his badge. The two government officials were so frightened that they quickly let him go and called the police officers who were inside to inspect the murder scene.
After the police learned of Hang Baiqiu's identity, they immediately explained the situation at the scene.
After investigation, it was found that four members of Mr. Tang's family died tragically at home, while Ruoliu's mother and son died in a nearby ward. Judging from the death scene, all six people's throats were suddenly cut while they were sleeping. The technique was clean and neat, without any sloppiness.
!
"That beast!"
Hang Baiqiu was extremely angry. She immediately thought of Xu Youde. No one except him would dare to do this.
Chai Yan was surprised and angry at the same time. He really didn't expect that Xu Youde would be so heartbroken and crazy that he would not even spare the innocent Mr. Tang and his family...
This trip to Mishan made Chai Yan thoroughly realize how worthless the lives of poor people at the lower levels are in the eyes of some people!
Suddenly, Hang Baiqiu turned around and was about to walk out. Chai Yan knew what she was going to do, so he quickly grabbed her and said, "Calm down!"
"Calm down?" Hang Baiqiu pointed at a room full of corpses and said angrily: "Look at everything here, can I calm down? How can I calm down?"
Chai Yan blocked her way and said solemnly: "You said that beast is a murderer...Okay, where is your evidence? If you can provide evidence, I will allow you to chase after him!"
Hang Baiqiu couldn't answer immediately. There were no clues left at the scene, so she couldn't identify the killer sent by Xu Youde.
Chai Yan continued: "Sir Hang, you have more experience in investigating and handling cases than I do. You should know that identifying the other party as the murderer so blindly will not only have no effect, but will also be beaten down by others! When the time comes,
If you are accused of falsely accusing a colleague, you will be the one who suffers!"
"Are you just going to watch him run away like this?" Hang Baiqiu was still feeling anxious.
Chai Yan shook his head and said with anger in his eyes: "Sir Hang, I understand your mood very well. Just like you, I want to catch that beast back immediately, and then chop it into pieces and feed it to the dogs.
!But, I think it’s impossible for us to do it. Di Chu is better than you.
I understand that he will never allow others to arrest his subordinates at will. If he could, then he would not be Di Chu! In addition, there is another major factor. We cannot produce any personal or physical evidence...
....If there is no personal or material evidence, what reason can be used to detain someone?”
After a pause, Chai Yan continued: "Even if we are lucky and find witnesses and physical evidence in a short time, don't forget that the Mishan magistrate and Di Pu are colluding. If he can convict Xu Quede,
, I wouldn’t believe it even if you beat me to death?”
Hang Baiqiu was anxious and angry by Chai Yan's words. He stamped his feet repeatedly and said, "What should we do? We can't just do nothing!"
Chai Yan asked: "Sir Hang, let me ask you a question..."
"What?" Hang Baiqiu asked doubtfully.
Chai Yan looked around, leaned close to Hang Baiqiu's ear, and whispered: "What would you think if Xu Quede died suddenly?"
Hang Baiqiu immediately looked at Chai Yan in astonishment, and after a while he said: "Could it be that you want..."
"Shh..." Chai Yan quickly made a silent gesture, and Hang Baiqiu quickly swallowed the rest of his words.
"Let's go, leave here first!" Chai Yan said.
When the two of them walked out of Tang Langzhong's house, they suddenly found a familiar grandmother in the crowd. She was Ruoliu's neighbor, the old woman who helped take care of Hui'er.
Grandma also saw Hang Baiqiu and Chai Yan at this time, and she suddenly became frightened, turned around and wanted to flee the scene.
The two immediately chased her and stopped her in an alley. She was so frightened that she started to kowtow and beg for mercy without asking anything.
Hang Baiqiu and Chai Yan understood as soon as they saw Grandma's reaction that she probably knew something inside and realized something.
"Grandma, don't be afraid, we have no ill intentions..." Hang Baiqiu said nicely.
"You two adults, have mercy on me, have mercy on me..." Grandma still begged for mercy.
Hang Baiqiu took out his wallet and looked at it. He felt a little embarrassed, and then asked Chai Yan: "Um...can you lend me some silver..."
Chai Yan took out a stack of banknotes without hesitation, handed it over and said, "What are you borrowing? If you want it, just take it!"
Hang Baiqiu picked out a fifty-tael silver note, handed it to grandma and said, "Grandma, can you help arrange the funeral arrangements for Mr. Tang's family and Ruoliu's mother and son?"
Grandma's voice begging for mercy suddenly disappeared. The next moment she hesitantly raised her head and looked at Hang Baiqiu, unable to determine the truth or falsehood of her words.
When Hang Baiqiu saw his grandma not answering for a long time, he put the banknote in front of her and said, "I'll trouble you about this..."
After saying that, Hang Baiqiu called Chai Yan and walked out of the alley.
Chai Yan looked back at his grandma and asked Hang Baiqiu: "What if she takes the money and doesn't do anything?"
Hang Baiqiu suddenly stopped, but had no intention of looking back.
After a while, Hang Baiqiu said loudly: "If she is not afraid of retribution for the whole family, let her do whatever she wants!"
Grandma was so frightened that she quickly grabbed the banknote and shouted at Hang Baiqiu's back: "Don't worry, sir, I will definitely...definitely do it!"