Mr. Ye, who had been silent all this time, now spoke up, "Mr. Guo, please get up first!"
Mr. Guo quickly got off the slope and stood up staggeringly.
It was hard for him to let the villagers apologize again, and he bowed with a look of shame before leaving in despair.
But Mr. Ye said loudly, "Who asked you to leave? Aren't you looking for the murderer who killed your family? Now that you know it's not me, the folks, you won't continue to pursue it? Doesn't that mean that the old gentleman is bullying me, the folks? No one supports you, and you want to plot against the hot spring valley they worked so hard to build?"
Mr. Guo was embarrassed and quickly shook his head, "No, no, Mr. Hou, it's just me who is confused. It's all a misunderstanding. I don't have any plans for the hot spring valley. I mean."
"Then sit down!" Mr. Ye scolded coldly, "I will help you find the real murderer today."
For some reason, Mr. Guo suddenly had the same bad premonition in his heart, and subconsciously He refused, "No, I won't bother you, Lord Marquis."
Unfortunately, Mr. Ye didn't listen to him at all, and directly asked everyone, "When you attacked the bandits, what did the bandits think? It was the refugees who took advantage of the chaos to commit crimes. " No
," Li Laosi immediately responded, "Those bandits are all young and strong, and they are very skilled. They are definitely not refugees. Their residences are also temporarily found in the mountains. It is not like they have been entrenched there for a long time. It seems like they came from outside."
Mr. Ye nodded and asked, "Then in the bandits' den, besides the Guo family and their luggage, did you find other victims of passers-by, or property marked by others?"
"No! "This time almost half of the villagers responded together.
They are also very strange when talking about this.
"Young Master Ye didn't say anything, and we didn't think much about it. Now that we think about it carefully, the bandit's den is too clean. There aren't even any other corpses around the yard. It seems that only the Guo family was harmed."
"Yes." , to see what it means, the men of the Guo family were captured and hung directly from the tree, and the children were also thrown directly into the cellar. They were not given any food or drink at all, except for the women. Well, what! The bandits showed no mercy at all. , without any hesitation, I want to kill all the Guo family!"
Everyone was talking about it, and they all felt strange when talking about that day.
Mr. Guo bent his legs and sat back in the chair, his face as white as paper. On the
other hand, Guo Qing's eyes rolled around and he hurriedly defended, "Maybe the bandits were wandering elsewhere. My eldest brother and the others were unlucky and accidentally caught up with them. The bandits were killed by you before they had time to rob others!"
As he said that, he seemed to have found some confidence for himself, and said, "We no longer suspect you of killing people and robbing wealth, so you still want to find someone to throw dirty water on. Isn't it too unkind? I can tell you, my uncle's health No, you can't afford to pay for scaring him?"
Li Laosi snorted coldly, "Now I know I feel sorry for your uncle. When I just encouraged him to slander us and kill people, why didn't you stop me?"
"That's right. Stop pretending to be a big-tailed wolf! Since we broke it off once, we will completely break it off today!" Liu Biaotou also shouted loudly, making Guo Qing grit his teeth in anger.
Mr. Ye asked again, "Mr. Guo, your Guo family is a well-known scholarly family in Kyoto. Naturally, the family property is rich and there are many servants. Since you are moving south, you must bring a lot of carriages, horses and servants with you, right?
"But why? In the bandit's den, there are only your son, daughter-in-law and children, but not a single servant? Could it be that when mountain bandits harm people, they will specially choose to be their masters? Isn't there a maid among the servants who is so beautiful that the bandits won't be attracted to her? "
Mr. Guo's face turned even paler, and his hands began to tremble uncontrollably.
Could it be that someone really deliberately harmed his children and grandchildren!
Guo Qing also saw a thin layer of sweat on his forehead, and he held on and shouted, "Maybe the bandits want to arrest him. Master, I'm asking for ransom, but I just found out that my uncle was in Jiangnan, so I killed him out of disappointment.
"This is easy to handle. There are so many servants in the Guo family. It's impossible for none of them to reach Jiangnan alive. Find one of them and ask a few questions, and it will become clear. " "Li Laoer suddenly responded, "I don't think there are people staying near Xindu. Let's go out and find out tomorrow. The Guo family is so famous, it shouldn't be difficult to find out. "
Guo Qing was already wiping his sweat in a hurry. He was thinking about how to stop this mud-legged guy from asking, but he didn't want Mr. Wen to say something lightly.
"I wanted to buy servants a few days ago, and I happened to find an old servant of the Guo family. I was afraid that the old man would be moved by the situation, so I didn't plan to mention it, but I didn't expect that it would come in handy today."
Everyone looked at Mr. Wen, and the villagers were of course pleasantly surprised. , Mr. Liu and his son looked at him with admiration.
Mr. Guo was thinking too much. Mr. Wen had been prepared for this and even knew a lot of inside information. He was just keeping it secret for his sake.
On the contrary, he repaid kindness with hatred and took the initiative to come and break all this. He was simply bringing humiliation to himself!
Soon, a maid in her thirties was brought up. As soon as she saw Mr. Guo, she fell to the ground and burst into tears.
"Old Master, please forgive me, wuwu, it's not that I abandoned my master and ran away, it was those bandits who only picked up the masters and kidnapped them. When we wanted to come forward, the bandits stabbed people with knives. Guo Da, Guo San and others were all hacked to death. , I'm afraid of death, I don't dare, I can only watch them take away the master, his wife, and the young master!"
The woman is still a conscientious person, maybe this matter has tortured her for a long time, and now she sees The old master told me everything.
They were originally on their way. Although they came out late and missed the group, there were still many refugees and the road was very lively.
As if they knew them, the bandits suddenly rushed out and started killing people, kidnapping people, stealing money, food and luggage, and then entered the mountains.
They were really helpless and didn't dare to chase, so they divided the remaining things and ran for their lives.
No matter how stupid Mr. Guo is, he now knows that his children and grandchildren have been deliberately murdered.
"Who is it? Our Guo family focuses on teaching and educating people, we have no enemies at all!"
The old man stood up and looked around blankly, like a puppet that had lost its soul.
Mr. Wen sighed, took two steps forward and said, "Mr., I have something else here. Maybe if you look at it, you will have the answer."
He glanced at Guo Qing, then put his hand into his arms, but did not wait to take it out. However, Guo Qing couldn't hold on anymore and suddenly ran out like a rabbit.
Unfortunately, Li Laosi and Liu Biaotou were both good players. They stretched out their feet almost at the same time, tripping him to the ground and slamming him in front of the threshold.
Guo Qing had two of his front teeth knocked out, his lips and nose were broken, and his face was covered in blood.
The villagers reacted and rushed forward.
One kicked him, the other pulled his arm. In the blink of an eye, he beat Guo Qing half to death and tied him up.
"Is this kid harming people? Otherwise, why would he run away?"
"I guess he's right. He's jumping around so happily. I think he has no good intentions."
"Tie him up quickly. Don't let him run away!"
Guo Qing Frightened and confused, he shouted for help, "Uncle, help me. I just feel sorry for my brother and the others, and I want to find my enemies. Yes, yes, I also want to go home and put incense on the memorial tablets of my brother and them!"
Unfortunately, at this time, there was no one left. People believed him.
Mr. Wen took out a few lists and placed them in front of Mr. Guo.