sjar Chapter 701 Investigation
Chapter 701 Investigation
"To answer your question, Lord Wang and I begged for some food from Mr. Liu's house at noon. Mr. Liu is a well-known philanthropist. I heard that every year when firecrackers are set off at midnight, he will give money to anyone who comes to ask for favors. It's at least half a tael of silver. So the three of us waited in the alley. We had nowhere to go anyway. If we rested in the dilapidated temple, we might get robbed of our food. It's better to stay here.
In this way, we could still get half a pound of silver by waiting until midnight. As a result, before it got dark, we heard a noise coming from Mr. Liu's house, and faintly heard the cry of a child, followed by a few screams, as creepy as the cry of wild cats in spring. Wang Da and Wang Er and I felt something was wrong, so we ran to the gate to take a look. During the New Year, the gate of Mr. Liu's house was not closed, and we saw that scene. "
When Wang San spoke, his eyes were looking directly at Meng Zhili.
He didn't know that he couldn't look officials in the eye, and Meng Zhili didn't care. The most important thing now was to catch the murderer of the family massacre.
Meng Bujiu asked from the side.
"Inside the Liu family's main gate is a courtyard, and you can only reach the inner courtyard by passing through the outer gate. How dare you three, beggars, go in without saying hello? Could it be that the gatekeeper was already dead at that time?"
"Yes, there used to be two gatekeepers guarding the gate of Mr. Liu's house. When we heard the noise, we went to see the front and found that the gate was open, but the gatekeeper was gone. There was no one there, and we couldn't even hear any talking. It was extremely quiet.
This is really weird, so we went in to see what happened. You don’t know, the screams were so scary, just, like, like…”
Wang San was unable to describe it, so his face turned red.
Wang Er, who had calmed down, took over his words and said, "It was like a pig being slaughtered. The men were screaming like pigs being slaughtered, the women were screaming like cats in spring, and there were children crying. It was really scary when mixed together.
Not to mention that it was almost dark, even if we heard it early in the morning, we were scared. We thought about going in to take a look. After all, there were three of us, so we could be brave. If I were alone here, I would definitely not go in. "
As a beggar and an orphan, he had slept on the floor since childhood and suffered countless hardships, so he was naturally braver than others. The three men were afraid that something had happened to Mr. Liu's family and they would not be able to get the wedding money, so they went in to find out.
Wang Da also said: "Years ago, we were begging for food in front of the Hejia Restaurant, and we saw with our own eyes a man who stopped Mr. Liu in the street and said he wanted to kill him, otherwise we would not have gone in to see.
We thought that if something really happened to Mr. Liu, we could help him report it to the police, and Mr. Liu might treat us as his benefactors, and we would never have to worry about food and drink. But who would have thought that we would see that scene. "
Wang Da shrank his neck.
The scene in my mind reappeared.
He was so frightened that he began to tremble again.
Just say what's in your heart.
"Man? What man? Do you remember what he looks like? Do you know him? Is he from Ruling Mansion?" When he heard a key person, Meng Zhili's frowned eyebrows raised instantly, and a hint of astonishment flashed in his eyes.
"I don't know him, but I have an impression. Everyone praised Mr. Liu, but he cursed Mr. Liu in the street. So I remember it very clearly. Many people came to help Mr. Liu curse him. Later, the man ran away in anger. He was very dark, short, thin, with a hunched back, and a big black mole under his eye."
Wang Da thought for a moment and described the man's appearance.
"Come here, take him to the government office and have the painter draw the man according to his description."
Wang Da was taken away by two constables, while Wang Er and Wang San entered Mr. Liu's house with Meng's father and son. Many details have not been made clear yet.
When they came out again, it was already noon.
Meng Zhili had a terrible headache. He hadn't slept all night and had been busy until now. He hadn't eaten a single bite of food and he felt completely exhausted.
"Sir, please go back to the government office and rest for a while. Your body can't stand it."
The officer on the side advised.
Wang Er and Wang San stood by without saying a word. Meng Zhili's majesty made them dare not straighten their backs.
"Dad, let's go back and have dinner and then take a nap. This matter can't be rushed, but if we collapse, who will investigate the case? Let's go, Dad."
No one's advice was as effective as his own son's. Seeing that his son's face was pale and his mouth was covered with dry skin, Meng Zhili nodded and went back with Meng Bujiu.
Before leaving, he did not forget to leave a group of officers to guard the place to see if they could catch the murderer.
After all, many murderers of tragic crimes like to revisit their old places, as if seeing the indelible bloodstains on the ground can satisfy their deformed hearts.
"Yes, my lord."
After the official finished speaking, the father and son left. As for Wang Er, Wang San and Wang Da who had been in the government office, they were temporarily kept under custody.
Although it was unlucky to stay in the government office during the New Year, for the three little beggars, having a place to live and enough to eat was already a godly life, not to mention that there was a charcoal stove in the government office. They were wearing thin clothes, and if they hadn't wrapped themselves in a layer of straw raincoats, they would have frozen to death long ago.
Now they were warming themselves by the fire in the house, and the three of them no longer wore their raincoats.
My face turned red.
"I really want to stay here forever. What do you think? Why don't we commit a crime so that we can stay here forever."
Wang Da said to his two younger brothers in a foolish manner.
"What nonsense! Do you think a prison cell is as comfortable as this? Don't do anything stupid! The prison cell is full of rats and poisonous insects. It's dark and you can't even stand up straight, let alone have a full stomach and warm yourself by the fire. It's normal for you to freeze to death or starve to death."
Without waiting for the two men to answer, the officer guarding them came in from outside after urinating and heard what Wang Da said.
He shouted angrily, scaring the three people.
Wang Da immediately lowered his head and dared not say a word.
He was just joking, there's no chance he would actually do anything wrong.
Although he was a beggar, he was a good beggar. He didn't steal or rob. He just opened his mouth to ask. If people didn't give him anything, he would beg them. If they still didn't give him anything, he would find someone else.
Anyway, there are so many people in the world, you can always find someone with a kind heart.
"Let me ask you, are you three brothers? You don't look alike." Seemingly a little bored, the officer guarding them started chatting with them to pass the time.
"No, sir. We just met on the way to escape. They are my younger brothers, so they took my surname. All our family members died on the way to escape. The three of us have been dependent on each other since I was seven years old. At that time, Wang Er was only six years old, and Wang San was only five years old, so I am the eldest brother."
When Wang Da spoke, there was a hint of flattery on his face.
In the past, they had no right to talk to officials.
When dogs on the roadside see them, they roll their eyes. After all, when they are extremely hungry, they will compete with dogs for food.
It's true that even dogs are disgusted by seeing each other.
Not to mention people.