sjar Chapter 376 Just Tell Me Everything You Know
Chapter 376 Just Tell Me Everything You Know
Lu Qingchen wrote down everything the man had just said, and sighed with regret, "It's a pity there's only one of them. If there were more, we might be able to get some useful information."
Qin Miaoxi took the paper from him and blew it dry. "Isn't this useful?"
The two smiled at each other. Compared to the murder case a year ago when nothing could be found out, the situation now was much better.
While the two of them were drinking their tea, someone else came. This time it was a young woman. She sat opposite them stiffly, rubbing her hands hesitantly.
Qin Miaoxi pushed the teacup in front of her and comforted her: "Don't be nervous, say what you want to say, and it's okay if you don't want to say it."
The woman murmured a thank you and drank all the tea in the cup before she spoke: "I, I know who went out at midnight."
"Oh? Who is it?"
"It's the village chief."
If a little woman doesn't make a sound, she will be a big surprise when she does.
The two of them both became serious. Lu Qingchen coughed twice and looked at her carefully, "Are you serious? How did you know the village chief had been out?"
"It's true. I'm not feeling well. I had severe heart palpitations last night and couldn't sleep. At midnight, I heard footsteps outside the door heading towards the back mountain. They didn't come back for about half an hour."
"You only heard footsteps, how can you be sure that the man is the village chief?"
"The footsteps were deep and shallow. There was no one else in the village except him walking with a cane."
Qin Miaoxi couldn't help but fall into deep thought, "Was there a sound of cattle mooing after he came back?"
The young woman was startled and nodded repeatedly in agreement.
"Anything else besides these?"
"No, no more."
[This woman's eyes are sharp, as if they can see through people.]
Qin Miaoxi's fingers tapped on the table lightly, making a rhythmic "dong dong" sound.
And that dull sound was like knocking on the heart, making people nervous.
The little woman's face gradually turned pale, her fingers pinched until they turned white, and she stammered, "There's... there's another person."
"Who?"
“It’s a stone from the village.”
Lu Qingchen frowned, "Did you hear his footsteps?"
"No, no, it's..."
She stumbled over and couldn't utter a complete sentence, and finally she burst into tears.
Lu Qingchen was suddenly overwhelmed. What had he said? Why was he crying for no apparent reason? How would his wife view him?
"Don't cry, tell me what you want to say."
"Could it be that you..."
The words that she wanted to say but stopped immediately broke the little woman's defense. She wiped her tears and was heartbroken. "I'm a widow, what can I do!"
Shitou is a gambler and womanizer. He's been plotting against me for a long time. He's a complete scumbag. If life hadn't been tough, I wouldn't have given myself to him.
? ?
[What do you mean? Why don't I understand? Aren't you talking about Shitou hanging out late at night?]
Qin Miaoxi was extremely disappointed with this stubborn man. What could a man and a woman do in the middle of the night? He was really hopeless.
"How long will you stay together?"
"He left when he heard the cows mooing."
"Do you know any way to make money with stones?"
"Making money?" The young woman glared angrily. "He doesn't know how to do anything except eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. He usually borrows money from others."
"Who borrowed it?"
"There's Tiezhu who died today, the village chief... and a year ago..."
Her voice stopped abruptly, her eyes were evasive, and she avoided talking about what happened a year ago.
Someone died in the village a year ago, and their cause of death was similar to Tiezhu's. Could it be that the man has returned to take his life? Better not to talk about it. Ghosts are too mysterious, and I don't want to die early.
Qin Miaoxi raised an eyebrow, "Are you talking about the man who died a year ago?"
"You, how do you know?"
"Did Shitou also borrow money from him?"
Seeing that the young woman lowered her eyes and did not answer, Qin Miaoxi warned: "If you hide anything, we will not give you ten taels of silver."
"How can you go back on your word?" the little woman was very anxious.
The two looked at each other, and the young woman immediately gave up. "Yes, someone said it was Shi Tou who did it, just to avoid returning the money."
"How much did he borrow?"
"It's more than a hundred taels!"
Qin Miaoxi was shocked, "So many?"
Lu Qingchen blinked in confusion, "Is one hundred taels a lot?"
Qin Miaoxi narrowed her eyes and glared at him, "From now on, please shut up and don't talk to me."
Lu Qingchen pouted pitifully, "Woo woo, is my wife using the cold shoulder on me? She might as well hit me twice to vent her anger!"
Qin Miaoxi sneered, I'm afraid I'll beat you to my heart's content, you damn rich man.
"What do you know about that person?"
The little woman looked at Lu Qingchen with tearful eyes, "Sir, I have told you everything I know. Now can you give me some money?"
"This……"
Lu Qingchen looked at Qin Miaoxi with a dejected look, as if his wife had the final say.
Without waiting for Qin Miaoxi to speak, the young woman stood up angrily, glared at the two of them and accused them, "You two liars."
After cursing, he left quickly without looking back.
"Wait, you don't want the silver anymore?"
Lu Qingchen was dumbfounded. It was just a few more questions, was it really that serious?
When the young woman was about to walk out of the door, Qin Miaoxi called her, "Here's the silver."
She paused in her hurried steps and turned back without hesitation, only to find that in addition to the ten taels of silver, there was also a silver note for one hundred taels.
The hand that was reaching for the silver froze in mid-air, his pupils shrank slightly, and his gaze seemed to have taken root, firmly fixed on the banknote in front of him, unable to move it no matter how hard he tried.
Qin Miaoxi calmly pushed the banknotes in front of her and said, "Just tell me everything you know, and they will be yours."
"One hundred taels, mine?"
"Yes, yours."
As a miser, Qin Miaoxi didn't feel any pain at this moment.
Lu Qingchen on the side was about to cry, sobbing! The banknotes were mine, so of course she didn't feel bad, and what she said were all my words, so couldn't I give her a chance to show off in front of my wife?
The young woman hesitated for only a moment before clutching the banknote in her hand.
"A year ago, someone died in the village. It was Xu Xiaoru, a local scholar. He passed the imperial examination at a young age, and many families in the village registered their land under his name, making him a wealthy man. But a year ago, he was murdered. The government sent a large group to investigate, but ultimately found nothing, and the case was listed as unsolved."
What she said was all recorded in the files. Qin Miaoxi pouted and asked, "Anything else?"
"I've told you everything I know."
Qin Miaoxi remained silent, her bright eyes staring at her.
She knows, she really knows.
The young woman shed two lines of tears, "Mr. Xu is a good man. When I was newly widowed, life was hard. It was Mr. Xu who gave me money to live on. Otherwise, I would have been in doubt whether I could survive."
She lowered her head and trembled all over, and the sound of gnashing teeth continued to be heard.
"The person who killed him was a heartless beast. Why did such a good person die? He didn't deserve to die."
"Why don't good people pay with their lives? Those beasts deserve to die. They all deserve to die."
Qin Miaoxi's eyes flashed, and the look she gave her became more serious.
Why did this woman use those Hedu? Even the government couldn't tell if the murderer was one person or multiple people, but she seemed certain that there was more than one murderer.
"Do you know who the beast is?"
The crying stopped abruptly, and the little woman shook her head frantically, "No, I don't know who it is."
[I can’t say it. I don’t want to die yet.]