The road to immortality started from a blind man in a pharmacy

Chapter 35 35. Conquer

The matter involved the Ruyi Chamber of Commerce, and a well-known guard like Shi Yi died, so the Shanghe County government did not neglect it at all.

Everyone knows that Shi Yi has perfect strength and can be called a strong man.

How dangerous and hidden danger is the murderer who can kill Shi Yi?

In addition, disasters that wiped out villages occurred in surrounding villages, and the county magistrate, county lieutenant, and master officials all felt even more chilled.

Working together, the efficiency is naturally extremely high.

In the morning, someone was found dead in Zaozi Lane, and the body was identified by the Ruyi Chamber of Commerce. By the afternoon, everyone up and down Zaozi Alley had been interrogated, and the owner of the house, the lease documents, and whether there was a middle-aged person were all picked up.

At the time of application, the county captain personally led the government officials directly to the Ruyi Chamber of Commerce.

The steward cautiously came out to greet him and asked respectfully: "Sir, is the whereabouts of the murderer?"

The county lieutenant said: "We are just here to check."

The steward was stunned for a moment.

The county lieutenant said coldly: "The final tenant of the murderous house in Zaozi Lane was none other than Ling'er, the maid from your chamber of commerce. She only rented the house for two days when this murder occurred. I just wanted to ask her something."

"Ling'er?" The steward was stunned, and then said, "Please"

Ling'er was lying on the couch, her whole body was feeling cold and hot at the same time, and her heart was confused and scared.

She was afraid that the case would be traced to her.

It's not like she didn't know the proficiency of those officials in handling cases.

A confused judge decides a confused case.

There are no language skills in interrogation, and the favorite tactics are coercion and intimidation, and subjugation and beating.

She is a maid, even the maid next to the eldest lady, there is no way she can escape from a murder case of this level.

Even if the government managed to escape, she could not escape from the Chamber of Commerce.

Countless people will definitely ask her, "Why are you, a little maid, secretly renting a house for Shi Yi?" And with the eldest lady's intelligence, she will definitely see through her thoughts at a glance.

The eldest lady will kill her!

She is finished.

She began to worry again about whether she had been seen last night.

She began to worry again whether the terrible murderer who killed Shi Yi would also kill her.

The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became, her face turned pale and her breathing became difficult.

At this moment, the soft voice of Song Cheng woman came to her ears.

"Are you okay, Miss Ling'er?"

She was so confused and panicked that she couldn't even answer.

At this moment, there were hurried footsteps outside the door, and then the door was pushed open with a crash.

Ling'er was so frightened that she got into the quilt and closed her eyes tightly.

She heard Song Cheng woman get up and greet her again.

"Miss Ling'er needs to rest."

"The government is investigating the case!"

The four words fell, and in the quilt, Ling'er felt that her heart was about to jump out of her fragile chest.

After a while.

In the courtyard.

Miss Ling'er stood weakly wrapped in a big coat.

The county captain sat on the stone bench, drinking the fragrant tea served by the steward, and waited silently.

When the maids and servants in the mansion were escorted, and even the families from the same Yijia as the Ruyi Merchant Association arrived, and they were surrounded on three levels inside and outside, the county captain said quietly: "I don't need to talk about the crime of involvement. , if there is any cover-up, he will be guilty as the murderer."

Everyone was shocked and said they didn't dare.

The county lieutenant sneered, looked at Ling'er, and shouted: "Bold maid!"

Ling'er was so frightened that her legs weakened and she knelt down directly.

The county captain looked down at her and said coldly: "Where were you last night?"

Ling'er said: "I'm in the house, I've been in the house, I don't know, I don't know anything. It was the head guard Shi who asked me to rent a house for him. He is the head guard, and I am just a maid. I can't Reject him."

On the other side, the steward also saw the lease document and said, "When you rented the house, the eldest lady hadn't left yet, right? Why didn't you tell the eldest lady?"

Ling'er cried: "Guard Chief Shi asked me to keep it a secret. He is the Chief Guard and I am just a maid. How can I dare to refuse him?"

The steward said: "Then you will deceive the young lady?"

Ling'er knelt on the ground and cried loudly.

The county lieutenant narrowed his eyes and listened, and suddenly said: "Were you really in the house last night?"

After saying that, he looked around again and said, "She was really in the house last night?"

Bao Jia was implicated, which was a very severe punishment.

How could everyone dare to hide it? They all asked each other and recalled it.

However, it was a rainy day yesterday, it was dark and hard to distinguish, and coupled with the sound of wind, who would pay attention to people walking outside?

The steward suddenly nodded to the two of them and said, "You two were on duty last night. Did Ling'er go out?"

One of the two guards said anxiously: "No, absolutely not."

Another person added: "My brother was guarding the gate, and Ling'er definitely did not leave through the gate."

The steward thought for a while and said: "My lord, the wall of our chamber of commerce is high and Ling'er can't climb over it. But there is a hidden dog cave in our house, but you can go out in the dog cave. It's a pity that the surrounding area of ​​the dog cave is remote. It’s uninhabited, and no one would know if you go that way.”

The county lieutenant said coldly: "Is there any paving stone next to the dog hole?"

The steward shook his head and said, "Not yet."

The county captain said: "It rained heavily yesterday and the soil is muddy. If someone walked through the dog hole, it would be impossible not to leave footprints, right? Steward, please take my two brothers to have a look."

After that, he waved his hand and called the two government officials.

The yamen servants came out and followed the stewards away.

On the same spot, Ling'er's limbs were limp, her face was ashen, and her head was buzzing. She was like a dying traveler in the desert, a sinner in a yoke at the market, terrified and unspeakable, and she didn't even know where she was.

Time seems to pass extremely slowly, but also seems to fly very fast

After a while, the Yamen servant returned and reported respectfully: "Sir, there are no footprints."

Linger:? ? ? ? ? ?

The county captain asked: "Are there any signs of being processed?"

The yamen officer said: "There shouldn't be. The dog hole is quite deep. If you try to deal with the traces in the rain, you will only leave more traces."

The county captain nodded, then waved his hand to signal Ling'er to get up, then asked some questions and left in a hurry.

The neighbors also left one after another.

The steward glanced at Ling'er and sighed, "Just wait for the lady to come back."

Regarding the matter between Shi Yi and the eldest lady, who in the world of stewards doesn't understand?

The eldest lady is an independent and strong woman.

Shi Yi just wanted her to become a forbidden concubine.

There is a conflict between the two people. Although it has not been made public yet, the elders in the house can feel it.

As a person close to the eldest lady, Ling'er is considered "collaborating with the enemy" at worst.

However, the steward can't control it. After all, he is only the steward of the Chamber of Commerce, not the steward of the eldest lady.

But Linger is different.

Everyone in the mansion dispersed

The young lady helped the poor Ling'er get up.

Ling'er also let herself be supported in despair, and then got on the bed again.

After a while, the young lady went out to cook medicine again.

After all, Ling'er is the eldest lady's personal maid, and she usually has a little power in the mansion. At this time, the eldest lady has not come back, so the steward has sent people one by one to buy medicines to treat her illness.

The boudoir of her daughter's house suddenly became quiet.

Ling'er lay on the collapse, feeling terrified because everything that happened today was beyond her imagination.

Suddenly, the door creaked open.

Someone came around the screen.

Ling'er thought it was Song Cheng who came back. Although she was curious about why she came back so early, she didn't ask.

But following the movement, she suddenly noticed something was wrong. She suddenly opened her beautiful eyes and saw a young man holding an apricot flower.

"Song Cheng, you. What are you doing here?"

Linger asked.

Song Cheng put the apricot blossoms in a vase beside him and said, "It rained yesterday, and the apricot blossoms outside the dog cave first bloomed. I picked two branches."

He arranged the flowers and said with a smile: "Newly bloomed flowers always make people feel happy.

Now that the footprints are gone, the patient no longer needs to worry.

The patient and the eldest lady have been sisters for many years, and crying may not necessarily make them unable to pass.

In this way, there will be no worries and you can take good care of your health. "

The gentle and even polite and somewhat elegant words fell in Ling'er's ears, making the latter feel like a cat whose tail was stepped on, and her whole body was about to explode.

Her scalp was numb and she looked at the boy in horror.

The young man sat in front of the collapse, looked at Miss Ling'er, glanced at Xinghua next to him, and said gently: "Do you like it?"

Miss Ling'er trembled and opened her lips, saying: "I like it."

After saying that, she added: "I like it very much."

Song Cheng ruffled her hair and said, "From now on, you will be one of your own."

Linger nodded desperately.

She didn't know whether it was fear or dependence, but she tightly grasped the boy's sleeves with both hands, as if she was grasping a life-saving straw, and as if she was begging for mercy.

And her favorability level began to climb up tremblingly, reaching 90 in just a short time.