Tian Youjin didn't know Lu Zheng, but seeing that he was dressed completely differently from the people around him, he could guess his identity. He bowed and said, "This must be Mr. Lu who is here to solve the case!"

Lu Zheng nodded and returned the greeting, "I'm Lu Zheng, may I know your name?"

"I'm Tian Youjin," Tian Youjin asked calmly, "Mr. Lu, but I don't know why you believe that Tian Wu is the murderer?"

Lu Zheng wanted to answer that he didn't confirm that Tian Wu was the murderer, but he also knew that he couldn't say this under the circumstances, so he could only bite the bullet and admit, "There is oil that can be used for ignition in the back mountain. We found the murderer's things there, as well as a footprint. The footprint is very small, and only an immature boy and a woman can match it. Tian Wu's foot is about the same size as the footprint. "

Tian Youjin chuckled: "Just based on a footprint?" He suddenly raised his voice, "I have seen detectives and judicial officers handle cases in the past. They always focus on catching thieves and stealing. This is groundless. Are you going to sentence a child to death just based on your own conjecture?"

Lu Zheng hesitated. This was the reason why he had been undecided before. Intellectually, he knew that Tian Youjin was right. He knew too little about the case. It was a bold and absurd adventure to profile the murderer based on just a shoe print and those dolls at the scene. Lu Zheng's original uncertainty was completely magnified because of Tian Youjin's questioning, which made him not know how to answer Tian Youjin's question for a while. Li

Zheng didn't think as much as Lu Zheng thought. In fact, because of his prejudice against the Tian family, he had already determined that Tian Wu was the murderer. Even when they were arresting Tian Wu, the child kept looking at them viciously and cursing them. This made people feel more suspicious of Tian Wu, and some even said in anger that they wanted to execute Tian Wu directly.

If it was confirmed that Tian Wu set the fire, then according to Li Zheng's identity, he could deal with Tian Wu directly, and the Tian family would have nothing to say. But although Tian Wu was young, he was very stubborn and refused to confess no matter what. This was why he delayed until Tian Youjin and others came to ask for him.

Now Lu Zheng was stumped by Tian Youjin's questioning, but the surrounding villagers did not believe Tian Youjin and were still shouting that they wanted to kill Tian Wu and drive away the Tian family.

At this moment, the inside of the ancestral hall was filled with the roar of a man and the scream of a woman. Tian Youjin's face changed, and before Li Zheng could react, he rushed directly into the ancestral hall, and the Tian family behind him followed closely.

Li Zheng wanted to stop him but couldn't, so he could only stomp his feet and follow him into the ancestral hall.

At this moment, in the patio inside the ancestral hall, there was a half-grown child tied up with a rope, his back was covered with scars, his eyes were tightly closed, and blood kept flowing from the corners of his lips. Doctor Wang had already rushed over and pinched his cheeks, and blood immediately spurted onto his face.

Doctor Wang didn't care to wipe off the blood on his face, nor to check his pulse. He quickly used a golden needle to stop the bleeding, and sprinkled golden medicine into Tian Wu's mouth. After everything was done, he breathed a sigh of relief and checked Tian Wu's pulse again. After confirming that his life was not in danger, he stood up and said solemnly: "This child wanted to bite his tongue to commit suicide. Fortunately, he was found in time and he is fine, but in the future... I'm afraid he will have difficulty speaking..."

Tian Youyin was shocked and angry: "You beasts, you actually used such a severe punishment on a child!"

"Kid?" A woman in the crowd suddenly sneered, spat on Tian Wu and cursed, "This little bastard has caused so many troubles, even your Tian family has not spared him. You can see how vicious his heart is. You actually want to protect him?"

Tian Youjin stopped his brother and turned his gaze to the shocked Lu Zheng: "Mr. Lu, Tian Wu has been forced to commit suicide to clear his name. Do you still suspect him of being the murderer?"

Tian Youyin said indignantly: "Brother, why are you asking him? All this was caused by this outsider. If Tian Wu died, it was also his fault!"

Lu Zheng was frightened by the scolding and took two steps back. His mind was in a mess. He did not expect that Li Zheng and others would torture Tian Wu. No, it was not that he did not expect it, but he himself ignored that possibility. He was so eager to solve the case that even though he kept reminding himself to rely on investigation, he still let it go. The final result was that he almost killed a person because of his assumptions!

What on earth was he doing? !

Lu Zheng remembered that he had argued with Qingluan about legal justice before. Those words echoed in his mind. How ridiculous! He had unknowingly become the kind of person he hated the most, the kind of person who had privileges and was high and mighty!

Lu Zheng's face was pale. Facing Tian Youjin's questioning, he closed his eyes and spoke in a hoarse voice: "I was arbitrary in this matter. But--"

He looked at Tian Youjin: "Now Tian Wu's suspicion cannot be cleared. At least he is psychologically distorted to a certain extent. He hates the people in this village. He has enough motives..."

Before Lu Zheng finished his words, Tian Youyin, who was already furious, punched him: "Isn't it enough that you almost killed him!"

This punch did not hit Lu Zheng's face. Tian Youjin grabbed his brother, and Qingluan blocked Lu Zheng in front of him at the first time, with the long sword slightly unsheathed, warning the Tian brothers.

Lu Zheng did not dodge. He waved his hand at Qingluan, stood in front of Tian Youjin again, and looked at them quietly: "This is just my opinion. If Tian Wu is really not the murderer, I will apologize to him. You can beat or scold me at that time."

At this time, Doctor Wang suddenly shouted: "He woke up."

Everyone's eyes were focused on Tian Wu. He blinked and seemed a little confused, but he quickly reacted, sat up suddenly, pushed Doctor Wang out, looked around viciously, and uttered unclear syllables.

Doctor Wang didn't care about his own injuries and hurriedly shouted: "The injury in your mouth has not healed yet, you can't speak now."

But Tian Wu ignored him at all, and his eyes were even cold when he passed by Tian Youjin and his group. He was like a homeless little beast, showing his claws to the cruel jungle, trying to protect himself.

Tian Youjin never expected that Tian Wu would react like this after waking up. His face darkened and he shouted, "Tian Wu, come here!"

Tian Wu seemed to have not heard what he said and still shrank in the same place. Tian Youyin couldn't bear it and wanted to grab Tian Wu back. The frightened Tian Wu bit his arm. Tian Youyin felt the pain and threw Tian Wu out.

Lu Zheng shouted, "Be careful!"

Qingluan had already noticed all this, and rushed over to catch Tian Wu, and then stepped back several steps before standing firm.

Tian Wu's face was pale, and he fainted again because of blood loss and pain. Qingluan put Tian Wu on the ground, and Doctor Wang came over to treat him.

Tian Youyin covered his bitten hand and looked at Tian Wu not far away with a gloomy face. Tian Youjin did not say anything either, his face was gloomy and no one knew what he was thinking.

At this moment, Doctor Wang, who had already treated Tian Wu's wounds, came over and said in a cold voice: "Since you, the Tian family, have come here in such a rage to ask for punishment, I have some questions to ask you."

In fact, Lu Zheng had already guessed it when he saw Tian Wu avoiding Tian Youyin, but it was no more bloody than the words asked by Doctor Wang: "Tian Wu still has a lot of old wounds on his body, and there are even traces of iron branding on his arms. He has been cared for by you, the Tian family. How did he get these injuries?"

Tian Youjin's eyebrows jumped, as if he thought of something. He turned his head abruptly and stared at the family behind him with eagle-like eyes: "Tian Mao, what do you have to say!"

Tian Mao is Tian Wu's uncle. After Tian Wu's parents died, he has been living with his uncle's family. Seeing Tian Youjin's stern questioning, Tian Mao trembled and said hurriedly: "I... I just saw that he was disobedient, and occasionally hit... hit him..." Then he shouted, "Every child grows up like this! I provide him with food and clothing, how can I be sorry for him? It's this kid who is ungrateful and always looks at people with a gloomy face. I... I..."

Lu Zheng clenched his fists tightly. He had always thought that Tian Wu's life was happier than Zhang Chun's, but he didn't know that he had also been living in dire straits. This is clearly just a child in his teens, but he has been forced into this state by the cruel life.

Doctor Wang was also furious, but he still wanted to finish his words: "When I took Tian Wu's pulse, I found that this child had the same signs of poisoning as those families. Your Tian Mao's family never had a fire, so where did the poison in this child come from?!"

This time, even Tian Youjin showed a surprised expression on his face. After all, he didn't believe that Tian Wu set the fire from the beginning. He just thought that Li Zheng and his friends wanted to take this opportunity to drive them out of the village. So when Doctor Wang said that Tian Wu was poisoned, Tian Youjin couldn't even control his expression for a while.

They all knew what kind of person Doctor Wang was. Even if he didn't like this village, but over the years, everyone had a big disease or a small disaster. Doctor Wang always treated everyone equally. The trust accumulated over the years made Doctor Wang's words so credible.

This time, it was Tian Youyin who spoke first. He glanced at Tian Wu hesitantly, then at Tian Youjin who was silent, and then whispered, "Maybe... maybe he got it from somewhere..."

They often went into the back mountain, so they naturally knew that the black water deep in the back mountain was poisonous. When their house was burned, they also suspected that someone had used that black water, but the back mountain was a taboo after all, so they did not dare to publicize it, so they could only admit this shame. When Tian Wu was arrested, Tian Youjin also suspected whether Tian Wu was the real murderer, but this hidden worry only flashed through his heart. He was more willing to believe that Li Zheng and his men deliberately framed Tian Wu in order to drive the Tian family away. After all, the fact that the guards had searched for so long and found no evidence was the best proof, wasn't it?

Now that Tian Wu was found to be carrying poison, this was unexpected to everyone. The Tian family had long known that the black water was poisonous, and they rarely approached it. Even if they did, they would cover their mouths and noses tightly with cloth. Moreover, as long as it was not burning, the toxicity was extremely weak. So when Tian Wu was first captured, Li Zheng and his men did not think of asking Doctor Wang to examine Tian Wu's body.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the crowd outside, and a man ran into the ancestral hall in a hurry: "Li Zheng! There is a fire in your house!"

Everyone was startled and looked in the direction of Li Zheng's house, and saw a thick smoke billowing.