Zhong You nodded timidly: "I borrowed it...I borrowed it..."
"How much did you borrow?" Chai Yan continued to ask.
Zhong You raised his right hand, raised a finger and said: "One... one or two."
"Where's the money?" Chai Yan was very patient.
"Lost...lost everything." After Zhong You finished answering, his head drooped even lower.
Liu Zongyi looked at Zhong You with a contemptuous sneer. What he despised most was this kind of gambler.
Chai Yan paused for a moment and then asked: "When you went to your cousin Qin Buhuo's house, what was he doing at that time? Retell the whole process..."
Zhong You said while thinking about it: "Back to you two adults, when Cao Min went there, my cousin was drinking tea. He heard that Cao Min went to borrow money. He was very unhappy at the time. Cao Min persuaded his cousin to send him a couple of silver.
, after taking the money, the common people... went to gamble..."
According to what the yamen servant said, Zhong You was gambling with others when he found him.
Chai Yan nodded slightly, then turned his eyes and shouted: "Mr. Xu!"
Liu Zongyi was stunned and asked quickly: "Master Chai, is this the end of Zhong You's questions?"
"Master Liu, why don't you come?" Chai Yan frowned and looked at Liu Zongyi.
Liu Zongyi knew that he was talking too much again, so he immediately covered his mouth and retracted his neck, avoiding Chai Yan's eyes.
"Ms. Xu, why did you go to your ex-husband's house this morning?" Chai Yan asked calmly.
There were still tears on Mrs. Xu's face. She only learned about Qin Buhuo's death after someone came from the Yamen. She burst into tears at that time.
Mrs. Xu said sadly: "As you say, the women of the common people go back to take their own things..."
Chai Yan asked expressionlessly: "I heard that you and Li have been together for some time, why are there still things left in the Qin family?"
"Sir, the women of the people...the women of the people couldn't take so much at one time, so they...divided it up several times..."
When Mrs. Xu said this, her eyes evaded and she felt guilty. Everyone present could see that she was not telling the truth.
"Bold!" Chai Yan immediately slapped the armrest and shouted: "You still haven't told the truth!"
This sound was like a wake-up call, and Mrs. Xu was so frightened that she lowered her body and said in a panic: "My lord, please forgive me, but the commoner woman did not take away all the things because she was worried about her husband, just to have an excuse to come back from time to time."
Take a look at home..."
These words made everyone in the second hall feel a little surprised.
Yuan and Yuan were both women, so they felt something in their hearts and couldn't help but ask: "So, you don't want to reconcile with him?"
As soon as she mentioned this matter, Mrs. Xu's tears couldn't stop falling. She shed silent tears while slowly nodding her head and said: "A commoner woman is unwilling, but her husband insists on making peace with her. He has a stubborn temper, and a commoner woman cannot resist it."
He couldn't agree in the end..."
Liu Zongyi was very puzzled: "What's the use if you don't want to? Qin Buhuo only needs a letter of divorce, but you still have to..."
"Shut up!" Yuanyuan suddenly got angry, and his tone was explosive.
Chai Yan didn't know why Yuanyuan was angry, so he asked softly: "Madam, what's wrong with you?"
Yuan Yuan glanced at Chai Yan, suppressed his anger and asked: "Master Liu, as the head of a county, don't you know the difference between divorce and divorce, and what it means to a woman?"
This question immediately made Liu Zongyi understand the reason for her anger.
It is not difficult for a woman to find her husband's family again after divorce, but it is not so easy for a woman who has been divorced.
Hearing this, Chai Yan suddenly had a feeling that there might be some unknown reason why Mr. Qin insisted on making peace with Mrs. Xu.
Then, Chai Yan asked Xu to retell the story of how he went to see Qin Buhuo.
Mrs. Xu said that Qin Buhuo had not had breakfast when she went. She left after making breakfast for Qin Buhuo, and made him a cup of tea before leaving.
After hearing this, Chai Yan felt that there was no problem. Xu was the first to go. After making breakfast for her ex-husband, she made tea. Then Qin Buhuo's cousin Zhong You came to borrow money and saw Qin Buhuo drinking tea in the hall.
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"Wang Lishen!"
Chai Yan's eyes turned to the last person.
"The grassroots are here!" Wang Lishen responded quickly.
Chai Yan looked at him and asked, "I heard that you are a frequent visitor to Qin Buhuo. You go to him to tell fortunes on the first day of every month, and you never stop?"
Wang Lishen nodded vigorously: "Sir, it's like this. On the first day of every month, ordinary people go to see Mr. Qin for fortune telling, in order to predict the fortune of the entire month. They have never stopped for three years. And not only on the first day of the lunar month, sometimes they encounter problems.
The ordinary people will also go to Mr. Qin to help them figure out uncertain things... But I didn't expect that Mr. Qin would..."
As Wang Lishen spoke, he lowered his head and sighed, looking very sad.
Chai Yan's tone suddenly became stern and he said: "Everyone knows that Qin Buhuo only wears a mask when he is doing fortune telling for his guests. Among the three of them, she is the deceased's ex-wife and he is the deceased's cousin.
You are the only one who comes to tell fortunes! And Qin Buhuo was wearing a mask when he was killed, which means that you, Wang Lishen, are the most suspected murderer!"
"No, no, no, it's not me... Please tell me clearly, it's not me!" Wang Lishen was shocked. He shook his head and waved his hands to deny that he had killed Qin Buhuo.
"Master Chai, can you please say a few words?" Liu Zongyi learned his previous lesson this time and did not dare to interrupt rashly.
"Master Liu, please tell me..." Chai Yan said.
Liu Zongyi shouted and asked: "Wang Lishen, do you still dare to quibble? The Yamen officials went to ask your family, and they said that you lost a lot of money due to the bad business last year, all because you believed Qin Buhuo's prediction. It must be
You had a complaint against Qin Buhuo, so you killed him in a fit of rage, and then disguised it as a sign that someone had stolen it, right?"
"No, no..." Wang Lishen was so frightened that he kowtowed his head in panic, and then said: "Sir, although the common people have lost money in business, they have never held a grudge against Mr. Qin. The common people can
I swear to God, I will never kill Mr. Qin. If you tell a lie, you will be gutted and you will die a good death!"
"Hmph!" Liu Zongyi said in a deep voice: "Do you think swearing will be useful?"
Chai Yan said: "Wang Lishen, you are the most suspicious at the moment, but the final conclusion has not yet been determined... So, first tell me how you went to find Qin Buhuo!"
"Yes yes..."
Wang Lishen nodded quickly, frowned and said: "Early this morning, Cao Min went to Mr. Qin to pay New Year's greetings and tell fortunes. Cao Min called for a while before Mr. Qin came to open the door. Then Mr. Qin went to the main hall to tell Cao Min's fortunes. After doing the fortune telling, Cao Min
Then he left... But unexpectedly, the officials came to the door later and said that Mr. Qin was dead. At that time, the common people were frightened..."
Chai Yan said seriously: "In other words, Qin Buhuo was not dead when you left the Qin family?"
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