As soon as he entered the village, Chen Shen saw several tall horses at the entrance of the village.
"People are coming so soon? Really impatient."
Looking at the high headed horses, Chen Shen thought to himself, at the same time, his footsteps sped up a lot, and it wasn't long before he arrived at the entrance of his house.
At this time, there were quite a few people gathered in front of the house, among them there were also a few constables wearing public uniforms.
And the corpse of the killer from yesterday had been moved out from the shrine and placed in front of the door.
There was a constable with a moustache carrying a sword and was examining the body.
Chen Shen did not move and blended into the crowd, looking at the scene happening in front of him.
"A pig arching to death? Simply nonsense, in all the years I've been a constable, I've never heard of any family's domestic pig arching to death."
The moustached constable touched the corpse's collapsed chest and laughed out coldly.
Hearing his unkind tone, Chen Shen knew that these guys were coming from a bad place, and after scanning around the crowd, he immediately saw an old man in a fancy dress with a white beardless face, looking at the corpse with a gloomy face.
This man, Chen Shen recognized, was the steward of the Wang family, named Wang Er, who was responsible for collecting the field rents in previous years.
"It seems that the killers last night were really sent by the Wang family."
Chen Shen thought in his heart, if last night was just a guess, then now he was almost certain.
As for why this Wang Er had an ugly expression, it was easy to understand.
Nine times out of ten, this guy had brought constables to collect the bodies of his family, and he didn't expect to come here and see the bodies of killers, so how good could this face look?
"I think it's a traveler passing by here, wanting to stay here for a night, and as a result, this family got up to no good and killed the people!"
Wang Er said in a conspiratorial manner.
Of course he recognized the corpse lying there, because he was the one who hired it.
For this he had spent dozens of taels, and now that this loser was dead, he had to squeeze some value out of it anyways.
The moustached constable's eyebrows twitched at this.
Although he had already been bought by the Wang family long ago, this Wang Er was also talking too much of a lie.
Travelers? Are there any travelers wearing night clothes?
"Butler Wang, usually when there are travelers passing through the village, they all borrow a room in my house, which is a bit bigger."
The village chief at the side squeezed out a smile and said.
"Not bad, Chen Shan's house is in the middle of the village, how could a traveler not run to his house ah, this corpse is not a good person as soon as he looks dressed! He deserves to die!" Some villagers agreed.
Wang Er's face became more and more ugly when he heard this and angrily shouted, "You bunch of fools, what do you know! If you don't dress up fiercely when you go out, what will you do if you meet an outlaw?"
Wang Er's strong words caused an uproar.
Just then, a young man came running not far away, shouting as he ran.
"Village Chief, I've found out the identity of this dead man, named Wei Laosan, he's the henchman of the head of the county bullies, usually specializes in killing people!"
Hearing this, all the villagers looked at Wang Er with strange gazes.
Wang Er only felt his cheeks burning hot, but he remained deadpan.
"Specializing in the killing trade, can you be killed? Or is there a hidden expert amongst you mudbloods? What a joke!"
The moustache constable listened to this and gave a wink to Wang Er, then squeezed out a smile on his face and said to Chen Shan: "Chen Shan, I see that you look like a decent person, why don't we do it this way, your family will go with me to the county office, if this dead man is really a bad guy, the county office will reward your family for their merits, how about it?"
Chen Shan sniffed and said, "My son left home last night and hasn't returned yet, I won't go anywhere until he comes back."
Hearing this, Wang Er burst into color.
"That little brat of yours even ran away! What a wanton!"
One must know that Wang Hu's order was to decimate this family, but now that one has run away, what should one do?
In the next moment, he seemed to have thought of something, and his tone became fierce all of a sudden.
"I think it's him who killed this person and then fled in fear of the crime! If not, what was he doing running out in the middle of the night?"
A few constables also nodded when they heard this.
This Wang Er, finally said something that could stand up to scrutiny.
"You're talking nonsense, my son is pure in nature, he refuses to kill even a single chicken in the village, how could he kill someone!"
Qin Rou's expression was indignant as she angrily defended.
In her eyes, Chen Shen had never cried or fussed since he was a child, he was the most well-behaved and understanding child under the sky, how could such a well-behaved child harm someone's life?
"Pure nature? Oh, who knows what's in his heart? If he didn't kill anyone, why did he run away in the middle of the night? Constable Zhou, now that that little brat is absconding with murder, I suggest that he be wanted immediately, as for these two pariahs, harboring a human criminal and condoning the prisoner's escape, they should be arrested immediately and locked up in the brig!"
Wang Er arched his hand at the moustached constable as he spoke, this time he spoke with great vigor, so much so that a trace of righteousness actually emanated from his beady face.
However, as soon as his words fell, a light voice came to mind next to him.
"What? I've only run out for a short while, and I've been defined as a murderer? Butler Wang, I can't afford this offense."
The crowd of villagers heard this voice before realizing that Chen Shen had stood amongst them at some point.
The village chief's eyes also flashed with a hint of surprise when he saw this.
Chen Shen, this kid was the one he had watched grow up, but today's temperament was very different from the past, so much so that he didn't realize Chen Shen's traces at first.
"You! You!"
The righteousness on Butler Wang's face disappeared without a trace, pointing at Chen Shen in anger and unable to speak.
What about the one who said he left last night and hasn't returned yet? Isn't this a fucking trick on me?
Chen Shen didn't pay any attention to him and took three or two steps to his parents, softly comforting them, "Father, Mother, I'm here, it'll be fine."
"Little Shen, you shouldn't have come back." Chen Shan sighed and said.
Don't look at the fact that Wang Er was now defeated, but if a big family like the Wang Family really wanted to get their family killed, it was just a matter of raising their hands.
Nowadays, they were merely taking care of their face and had not completely torn their faces apart yet.
"I won't come back and leave you two behind to run away? I can't do such a thing."
Chen Shen said with a smile, as if he did not take this scene seriously at all.
Chen Shan's husband and wife were both touched and sighed when they heard this.
Seeing that Wang Er wanted to say something else, the moustached constable Zhou hurriedly interrupted, "Alright, since the family of three is here, come with me to the county office, everything will be clear when we get there."
He is really can't stand Wang Er this pig teammate anymore, if he let Wang Er talk on, he himself feels ashamed.
An ordinary tenant household is just a family, to the county government office is still not just clean up?
If you can't wait, you can kill them on the road, and then push them to the robbers.
What kind of reasoning is this?
Wang Er heard the meaning of the Zhou constable, just a cold snort, did not say anything, but look at Chen Shen's family's eyes are like looking at the dead.
Three pariahs, indeed not worth his time.
Hearing the constable's words, Qin Rou subconsciously looked towards her husband.
Chen Shan, on the other hand, was frowning, unable to make a decision for a while.
Instead, it was Chen Shen who smiled and said, "Alright, we'll go with you to the county office."
Hearing this, Sheriff Zhou patted Chen Shen's shoulder and praised, "It's still little brother who is sensible, his future is bound to be unlimited."
Although his mouth said so, his heart was filled with contempt.
"Stupid one, on this IQ still talk about what future, deserve to plant the land for the rest of his life!"
"No, huh, there's no chance of farming nowadays."
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