Chapter 215 Catching up
The county magistrate suddenly understood why a family like the Xie family was willing to marry the Yang family.
It turns out there is such a meaning.
Yang Liu’s death cannot be in vain. Yang Mingshan took advantage of this to ask the Xie family for benefits. However, the Xie family could not really marry their daughter to the Yang family, so they thought of a ghost marriage.
The two families are related by marriage, so it is impossible to suspect the Xie family in Yang Liu's death. The Xie family also gained a son-in-law who died in battle, so Yang Mingshan could rely on the Xie family for work in the future.
It really kills two birds with one stone.
If Manager Xu didn't tell them, they would never know the inside story.
Because Yang Mingshan would not admit to murder, the Xie family would not admit to doing business with Xixia people in private.
As for why you can kill people silently? Naturally, they took advantage of their connections in the military. The Xie family's business with the Xixia people was all because of the officials of Magistrate Liu.
It shouldn’t be too easy for a general to kill a small military commander.
The county magistrate said: "Tell me carefully, who was responsible for Yang Liu's death?" , so when I returned to Daming Mansion, the great master ordered me to find the woman’s body and complete this matter. It’s a dark marriage.”
“But I didn’t expect that Xie…Xie Yuyan is still alive.”
“Xie Yuyan refused to let go of the Xie family, so I will bear all the charges first. "How could he have imagined that after entering the prison, he would never be able to get out again.
The county magistrate looked at the clerk. The clerk had already written down these confessions. He took a deep breath. Yang Liulang was really sincere. When he met Yang Mingshan and his son in Jinmingzhai, he thought about it. To find out what happened, it was a pity that he was brutally murdered.
But because of this, his grievances were made known to the world.
I don’t know if Mrs. Xie, who sent the manager to prison, could have expected this.
“Go on, what else?” said the county magistrate, “Tell me everything you know about the Xie family... including the actions of the merchants of the Yang family...”
The county magistrate looked at the clerk while interrogating. It is not easy to find out so many things. Now we have to see if we can expose them to others.
After the county magistrate received the confession, he even hoped that Inspector He would return to Daming Mansion as soon as possible.
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In the dark night, strange noises seemed to be heard in the mountains.
Chen Ping huddled next to Grandma Chen, looking at the burning fire, trembling slightly uncontrollably.
Grandma Chen picked up a piece of leather and wrapped it around Chen Ping: "It will be nice to go somewhere tomorrow. At least I will have a place to sleep."
"Is there a clay oven?" Chen Ping murmured, "Is there also lotus root charcoal?"
"Yes," Grandma Chen whispered, "we put some, although not much, it is enough for you dolls to keep warm."
Chen Ping thought about the firelight from the clay stove and actually felt that It's warmer.
“I don’t know when my mother will come back.” In fact, Chen Ping was more worried about his mother.
Grandma Chen reached out and stroked Chen Ping's head: "In a few days, your mother-in-law will definitely come looking for us."
Chen Ping nodded, he missed his mother-in-law. Every time he thought about this, he felt uncomfortable in his heart and wished his grandma would come back soon. However, when his grandma said that people in the village might be able to help Mrs. Xie by doing this, he felt a lot stronger and felt that he could still wait a few days. of.
Chen Ping was drowsy in the fur, and the other old people and children were also having a hard time. They relied on a little fire to keep warm, and finally managed to squeeze out a little heat, but it was blown away by the wind.
In fact, they passed a cave and thought they could go in and rest for the night, but the alert villagers smelled the excrement of wild animals in the cave.
There are also wild beasts in the mountains in winter. If you accidentally provoke them, these old and young people cannot deal with them alone, so you can only build a simple shelter against the trees. Two women came over and whispered to Grandma Chen: "We must get to our destination tomorrow, otherwise we won't have enough food." We can't go hungry in such a cold weather, otherwise we will definitely get sick.
They came to the mountains to avoid disaster, and they wanted to take everyone back well.
"Okay," Grandma Chen said, "We will continue on our way after getting something to eat at dawn."
That night, the women took turns watching the sentry, and a few half-grown men helped to watch the movements around them. For them, if they survive tomorrow, they will be safe for the time being.
At dawn the next day, the women called everyone up. Fortunately, no one got sick after being out all night.
After a brief tidying up, I picked up the smallest doll and started walking forward again.
The person who led the way walked at the front and did not dare to stop at all. Fortunately, the children are extraordinarily sensible and are still holding on even though they can no longer walk.
Children who have suffered hardship can always withstand more suffering.
I walked like this for a whole day, and finally the person in front said happily: "Come on, it's just in front. I'll definitely have a hot meal tonight."
With Bentou, Everyone walked faster, and just as they expected, they arrived at their shelter smoothly.
It was a cave, a small place with only enough room for one person to enter and exit. It was not occupied by wild animals, and the things buried in advance were still there.
The people in the village started to light a fire to cook food. The children lay down to rest for a while, and laughter and laughter began to come again.
"The hidden things can be saved for a month." The woman in Chenyao Village was particularly happy.
After everyone had eaten, they felt that the hard work on the road was nothing. However, once they relaxed like this, they became extremely tired, and soon everyone fell asleep.
Even the woman on night watch fell asleep for a long time. When she woke up, she seemed to see the lights of Zhengdan night, twinkling in the darkness.
No.
The woman suddenly woke up.
She was in the mountains, how could she see the lights? Especially since she was at a high place now, she should be seeing the direction of the foot of the mountain.
After regaining her composure, she looked over carefully and confirmed that it was a torch.
What’s even more terrifying is that the torch is moving up the mountain little by little.
Someone is chasing me.
The woman gritted her teeth and looked down more carefully, and then she saw the second torch, and then the third... They were scattered, but they were all moving toward the mountain.
Standing up all of a sudden, the woman hurriedly came down the hill. She wanted to shout but was afraid of disturbing the people down the hill. It was not until she reached the cave where the villagers were resting that she reached out and shook the villagers awake.
"Quick, let's go, someone is chasing us."
It is impossible for someone to climb the mountain in the middle of the night, they can only come for them. Their departure from Daming Mansion was noticed.
The people in the village immediately picked up their bags and children and prepared to flee.
Although they were discovered in advance, those people were very close to them. They, old and young, couldn't run fast. They didn't know if they could escape?
"If it doesn't work out, just fight them."
When they came out of Daming Mansion, they were prepared like this. If they were discovered by those people, they would fight to the death even if they knew they couldn't beat them.
Because they had seen the appearance of those people and animals, they did not hold any luck in their hearts.