Demon detective

Chapter 126 Ruthless
In the county government house, where Song Zhili, the county magistrate, lived, when a water tank in the yard was removed to reveal the hole below, Song Zhili's face was full of shock.

He has lived here for so many years, yet he has no idea that there is a secret passage here?

Cheng Xiao was the first to sneak into the secret passage, and after a while, three children were brought out from it, two of them were Song Zhili's son Song Youwen and daughter Song Yourong, and the other boy was Cheng Xiao's son!
At this moment Mrs. Song was also present, and suddenly saw the child who was still yearning for her, she quickly hugged her son and daughter tightly, hugged her head and cried loudly.

"God," Madam Song cried, "what the hell is going on? We searched all over the county, but you are hiding in your own home! You are so frightened, mother, woo woo..."

After crying a few times, she remembered to check the children's condition, but found that the children were all ruddy and in a normal spirit, and they didn't even intend to be frightened.

At the same time, Cheng Xiao was also checking on his child, and he was relieved when he found that the child was also fine.

"Hey?" Song Zhili looked at Cheng Xiao's son in a daze, and asked, "Cheng Butou, what's going on? Why is your child here too?"

"It was I who hid Cheng Butou's children here," said the monk Qi Yunzheng. "This is my backup plan. If you don't catch the ghost-faced killer, Cheng Butou will help me escape!"

"Ah?" Song Zhili was surprised, "Then...why didn't you escape?"

"Master Song, the real ghost-faced killer has been caught," Qi Yunzheng said, "I naturally want to stay as a witness to avenge my brother's injustice. Besides, I killed three people in a row, and my hands were stained with sin, so naturally I have to accept the trial. !"

"Hey? Isn't that right?" Chen Houlu suddenly wanted to understand something, and hurriedly pointed at Qi Yunzheng and shouted, "You still have an accomplice, and this accomplice must be someone from the Yamen! Otherwise, Miss Young Master and the others have been hiding inside for so many days, and they would have been hungry by now." Dead, say, you... who is your accomplice?"

"My accomplice is my second sister, Qi Qiaomei," Qi Yunzheng told the truth, "Her name is Lingshu now, and she is the maid of Mrs. Song's family."

"Ah!?" Hearing this, Mrs. Song staggered in shock, "Lingshu? She...is she your accomplice?"

"Yes, mother," said 11-year-old Song Youwen, "Aunt Lingshu brought me here, saying that something big is going to happen in the Yamen, and she wants us to hide inside and come out after the crisis is over."

"Yes," nine-year-old Song Yourong agreed, "She also prepared a lot of toys for us, which is really fun."

"Lingshu...why didn't I see it?" Mrs. Song suddenly realized, "No wonder so many of us in Slender Willow Town were stunned...

"Hey? Where's Lingshu? Where's the person?"

"It seems..." Butler Wang looked around and said, "It seems that you went out to buy vegetables in the morning?"

"There's no need to look for it," Qi Yunzheng said, "My sister has already left! In our Qi family, we must keep one alive, right?"

"..." Mrs. Song and Song Zhili looked at each other with a very ugly expression.

"No." How clever Song Zhili was, he immediately discovered the problem and asked the monk, "Qi Yunzheng, you should have other accomplices! This secret way...but I don't even know it, so how do you know it?"

"Yeah, I don't know either!" Chen Houlu quickly clarified.

"It's simple. As early as when I caught Tong County Magistrate, I asked him for this secret way," Qi Yunzheng said, "Coincidentally, my sister happened to be lurking in your Song family, so we decided temporarily , Hide the hostages here.

"As the saying goes, it's dark under the lights, and the most dangerous place is the safest."

"is it?"

Song Zhili still had doubts, but since it had been pushed to County Magistrate Tong, there was no proof.

Besides, at this time, whether Qi Yunzheng still has accomplices is not so important.

In fact, his suspicion is right, the person who really knows this secret path is Shen Mingchen.

"My lord, my lord..." At this moment, a yamen servant rushed to report, "Master Song, it's too bad, our yamen has been blocked!"

"Blockade?" Chen Houlu was surprised, "Who is it?"

"Who else," Song Zhili said, "it must be Lord Inspector! Sigh... this officer... but you people are completely miserable!"

When speaking, he deliberately glanced at Xu Zhen, because without Xu Zhen, at least he would not be an enemy of Cui Xiaotian.

As long as you don't mess with Cui Xiaotian, there will be no crisis now!

Feeling Song Zhili's gaze, Xu Zhen hurriedly kicked Qi Yunzheng behind him while he was unaware.

"Oh... oh oh..." Qi Yunzheng just remembered something, put his hands together quickly, and said the Buddha's name, "Amitabha, Mr. Song, the poor monk has two prophecies to send, one is: misfortunes rely on blessings, blessings It's a disaster.

"Another sentence is: but do good deeds, don't ask about the future!"

Hearing this, the scene was instantly silent.

But Qi Yunzheng's forehead was covered with beads of sweat. He spoke too hastily, which seemed very deliberate and embarrassing.

"Master's prophecy really fits the occasion!" Song Zhili smiled bitterly, "Now that I can't even save my life, what's the future?"

"Master Song," Chen Houlu quickly came up with an idea, "Since what they want is Cui Xiaotian, why not give Cui Xiaotian to them?"

"No!" Shen Mingchen quickly retorted, "If Cui Xiaotian is released, none of us will survive! Not to mention that the governor can't spare us, even Cui Xiaotian himself will definitely come back to take revenge."

"Oh, what are you all talking about?" Suddenly, Mrs. Song became anxious and complained to everyone, "The children are all here, you are dead and alive, don't scare the children! "

Correct……

Only then did everyone realize that the occasion was not right, and hurriedly settled the children first, and then went to the inner hall to discuss important matters together.

Song Zhili is also really a ruthless person, as soon as everyone entered the room, he said in public:
"Chongning county treasury granary had a serious reselling incident at a deficit that year, resulting in an empty granary. In the second year of Changle, at the time of disaster relief, Han Wentao set fire to the granary in order to cover up his crime, and burned more than 50 people to death!"

"..." Everyone suddenly felt as if they were burned, and they all cursed secretly in their hearts.

It made it clear that Song Zhili wanted to tie everyone to a rope.

"Naturally, Han Wentao followed orders, but the letters between him and his superiors were robbed by Cui Xiaotian, so he fell into the trap..." Song Zhili was out of control, "Of course, these are just the tip of the iceberg. Cui Xiaotian is proficient in this way. He holds the criminal evidence of officials at all levels in Songzhou, all of which are fatal.

"What's even more powerful is that Cui Xiaotian has also set up a life-saving mechanism for himself. As long as he is killed by others, the evidence of his crimes will be directly submitted to the cabinet, or directly to the Holy Majesty!

"So," Song Zhili said in a broken jar, "It's better to be happy alone than to be happy together. Everyone, let's see how this scene ends, shall we?"

"..." Everyone covered their faces.

"Xu Zhen," Song Zhili said to Xu Zhen, "You are our think tank, come here, come and come up with an idea?"

Unexpectedly, Xu Zhen was more ruthless than Song Zhili, and immediately turned to the monk and asked, "Qi Yunzheng, tell me quickly, is there another exit for that secret road, can you run?"

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(End of this chapter)