roccoschili Chapter 169 Trophies
Chapter 169 Trophies
In the blink of an eye, the sound of horse hooves arrived at the door. There were twenty soldiers and officers coming. The leader was someone Su He knew, the one with a bump on his head, Master Wu.
The yamen runner behind was also an acquaintance. He took two taels of silver and went in to find the chief yamen runner of the legal advisor, Zhao Da.
"Master Wu, Constable Zhao."
Su He took the initiative to step forward and say hello, and Liu Bai followed silently.
Master Wu looked at Su He in surprise; he recognized him.
"You are the one from Huaihe County that Master Chen introduced. Why are you here?"
"Sir, this is what happened. We wanted to go to Yunhe, and asked Zheng Biaotou and others from Weiyuan Escort Agency to escort us... My brother found the ID card in the stable... and then we were forced to fight back..."
Su He spoke very loudly, and not only Master Wu heard it, but also Grandpa and others. This is the cause of the incident, and I hope everyone will know.
"Sir, Escort Zheng found out that their companions were all in the cave in the back mountain. They took Village Chief Ling with them. We also found several boxes of things in the house. They looked like the landlord's things. We didn't dare to search through them. We thought we would wait for Escort Zheng to bring people back before reporting to the authorities in Su'an. But we didn't expect that Master Wu and you had already heard the news and came here."
Master Wu waved his hand, and a group of people grabbed a bystander and went to the back mountain. Zheng Er thought about it and followed them.
Master Wu personally checked the contents of the boxes. They were all full and there was no way anything was missing.
The rice and flour in the Suho space are of extremely high quality. Ordinary people are reluctant to buy even half a pound, so Master Wu never expected that they would be swapped.
"Oh, by the way, the people in this room are from the village chief's family. The eldest child of Village Chief Ling's family is not Village Chief Ling's biological child. Village Chief Ling has known about this for a long time, and so has his wife, but..."
Su He said a lot of knowledgeable things, successfully arousing the curiosity of Master Wu and others.
"Open the lock. We will take these people back to interrogate whether they are accomplices."
Liu Bai took the key given by Su He and went to open the door. Master Wu looked at the tall and strong Liu Bai and asked questions.
“This person…”
"Master Wu, his name is Liu Bai. We went to the study to see Master Qi. Just then an earthquake happened, so he brought Master and Master out."
Wu Shiye suddenly realized what was going on. He said that he looked so familiar. It turned out that he had really seen this person before. Strictly speaking, this person was the lifesaver of him and his boss.
"Well, you are not bad. You are unlucky and have been implicated. It's okay. You can leave after the people from the back mountain bring you back. It has nothing to do with you now."
Su He nodded in agreement. This was exactly the result he wanted.
"Thank you for your consideration, Master Wu. Let's go harness the carriage first."
Everyone in the room came out to thank the master, and then rushed to the stable.
Village chief Ling’s wife also came out holding her little grandson, followed by her eldest and second daughters-in-law, two granddaughters and one grandson.
"Sir, I want to divorce Ling Feng."
After calming down, the woman was no longer stupid. She knew that it was Ling Da and Village Chief Ling who did the killing. As long as they insisted that they had no knowledge of the incident and then divorced, they might be able to escape the disaster.
"Sir, I want to divorce Ling Da. He always beats and scolds me, and I dare not say anything because of the power of the village chief. Now I can finally escape from this sea of suffering."
Ling's wife also followed her mother-in-law's pace.
Master Wu had just heard that Ling Da was not his biological son, and now he was deeply saddened to hear about the divorce.
In fact, they came because a bodyguard leader who had escaped came to report a case. Due to the earthquake, it took the bodyguard leader several days to get to the government office.
So Master Wu already knew who the mastermind was. Since the two women wanted to divorce, he would not be so cruel as to force them into a desperate situation.
"I disagree!"
Ling Da didn't know when he woke up. He was lying next to the kitchen, which was close to the door. As soon as he woke up, he heard his wife boldly wanting to divorce him.
"Bitch, I stole the silver for you and the child, how dare you betray me! And this group of people, they also took the landlord's silver, which was hidden under the trough by my father."
When Village Chief Ling mentioned the silver under the trough, Ling Da was obviously knocked unconscious, so how could he know? Su He sighed that one should not judge a person by appearance alone, and did not expect that Ling Da actually pretended to be unconscious. Although he seemed reckless, he was actually quite clever.
Su He calmly reminded Ling Da, "You just fainted and didn't know that your father is not your father. Your father is your brother's father. It has nothing to do with you. Village Chief Ling already knew about this..."
Su He repeated his theory again and successfully changed the situation. However, Ling Da, that damn brat, insisted on dragging Su He and others into the water.
"Sir, it was these people who took the landlord's silver. The gold nuggets that we kept in the kitchen were also taken by these people."
Master Wu frowned and looked at Su He, "Su Hehua, is this true?"
"Sir, since he insists that we took it, please allow us to confront each other."
Su He politely asked Master Wu.
"can."
"Since you said we took it, then tell me how much we took? Who took it?"
"It's the tall guy next to you. I took it and gave it to you. You took all our three thousand taels of silver. There are also two gold bars."
Su He covered her mouth in shock. "Three thousand taels! How could we peasants have seen so much silver? You said Xiao Bai and I took it. Are you sure it was us two? There are so many in our family. Could you have made a mistake?"
Boss Ling stared at Su He and Liu Bai fiercely like a venomous snake, "I can't be wrong, it's you two!"
Su He turned around and said to Master Wu, "Sir, to prove our innocence, Xiaobai and I can accept body searches, but I am a woman after all, so why not let Ling Da's mother search? If I am worried about one person, the aunts at the door can also find someone."
Master Wu nodded in approval and called two village women at the door, including Ling Da's mother, who was also the village chief's wife, to search Su He together, while Liu Bai was searched by the yamen runners himself.
A quarter of an hour later, both groups came out.
"Mom, have you found the silver?"
Ling's mother looked at her eldest son with complicated eyes, hesitating and not saying anything. The yamen runner over there directly told her the result.
"Sir, Liu Bai doesn't have three thousand taels on him. We only found 50 taels of silver."
"Sir, this silver is what we earned from selling sweet potatoes to Master Chen. I saved it and planned to settle down in Yunhe."
Liu Bai explained himself and Master Wu nodded in approval. He knew about this. He learned from his superior that the group of people introduced by Lord Chen had some silver on them, a few dozen taels was normal.
"Yes, that makes sense. What about Su Hehua?"
Ling Daqinniang sighed softly, "Sir, I didn't find it."
Ling Da shouted angrily without waiting for Master Wu to answer, "Impossible, I clearly saw this pretty boy handing the money to this woman. I saw it, and this woman even praised him for doing a good job. Mother, why are you protecting her!"
Su He: You have good eyesight, but unfortunately your heart is crooked.
Ling Da's mother cried sadly, and the two village women next to her spoke.
"Ling Da, your mother didn't lie. This girl doesn't have any money. We have checked carefully."
Ling Da suddenly jumped up and rushed towards Su He and others. Master Wu was so scared that he ran towards the door.
"You are lying! Sir, I am innocent. This woman also took things from the box. I saw it."
Ling Da ran towards Master Wu frantically, but was kicked to the ground by Liu Bai.
Master Wu patted his chest with lingering fear and decided not to ask him to do any work outside in the future, as he was not good at it. He should just stay in the house and write.