Back at the back court, several people were still a little angry, not only because of Ma Yanbai's shameless behavior, but also because of his attitude towards the murderer.

However, after calming down, Lu Zheng said, "Even so, we still have to find out."

"What else is there to find out? Didn't the man surnamed Ma say that the murderer has been identified?" Bao Zheng was still angry.

You Xiaowu did not go with them. After hearing what they said, he said, "While you were investigating the case, I also went outside to get some information. This red-robed thief is indeed both good and evil, but his behavior can also be called a chivalrous thief." You Xiaowu paused, then continued, "Interestingly, although many people love and fear him, as far as I know, he has never killed anyone."

Shihu also said, "The deceased was beheaded by someone with a knife. The murderer must be very strong. If he was a light martial artist, he probably couldn't do that."

"In that case, let's go and check the social situation of this butcher separately." Lu Zheng made the final decision.

Lu Zheng and Shihu were in one group, and Bao Zheng and You Xiaowu were in another group. Lu Zheng and Shi Hu went to find the butcher's good friend, a scholar named An Zicheng. It sounds incredible that a butcher and a scholar are friends, but when they met An Zicheng, they knew why a scholar like him was friends with a butcher.

An Zicheng lived next door to Li Si, and was also a bachelor. He loved drinking and gambling, and he made a living by writing novels.

When Lu Zheng and his friends met An Zicheng for the first time, the boy slyly took out a gray book from his arms and said in a low voice: "Are you two here here because of his reputation? It just so happens that I still have the last copy."

Lu Zheng took the booklet without knowing why, and was immediately blinded by the name on it, a title that would definitely be widely circulated in modern times, and the four big characters below the title - Jade Ding Zhenren.

Lu Zheng recalled the postures that were explained to him by various old and young gentlemen from Qingxi County in the tavern, and said with mixed feelings: "Are you... Jade Ding Zhenren?"

"Exactly." The old guy was quite complacent. He straightened his dirty clothes and said, "Sir, you must admire me, so you tried every means to find me. To thank you for your kindness, I can give you a storybook that I have treasured for a long time. I wonder which storybook of mine you like?"

"..." Lu Zheng had a sense of déjà vu as if he had seen You Xiaowu.

Seeing that Lu Zheng didn't say anything, An Zicheng thought he was embarrassed, and showed a meaningful expression and said: "This is human nature, sir, don't be shy."

Lu Zheng said speechlessly: "Mr. An, you misunderstood, we came here to ask you about Li Si."

"Oh..." An Zicheng's enthusiastic expression immediately disappeared. He sniffed, stretched out his hand to pinch his neck, and said casually, "Ask."

Lu Zheng didn't care about his change of attitude and asked: "It is said that the last person Li Si saw before his death was you. What do you have to say?"

An Zicheng said "Oh": "Yes, we drank together that night, at the Hongchang Restaurant."

Lu Zheng asked again: "Do you remember what you ate?"

"Remember. Pork head and peanuts, we always order this every time we go there, paired with the osmanthus wine brewed by the boss lady, it's really...tsk tsk tsk."

Lu Zheng and Shi Hu looked at each other. This matched their autopsy results, at least they could confirm the time of Li Si's death.

An Zicheng said, "I think it's the new county lieutenant, don't ask anymore, no one can catch the murderer in this case."

Lu Zheng narrowed his eyes. This was the second person who said they couldn't catch the murderer. He asked, "Do you also think the murderer is the Red Thief?"

"Not that I think so, but this case was committed by the Red Thief." An Zicheng said lazily.

"How do you know?"

An Zicheng sighed, "This Li Si is a good man, but he started talking nonsense after drinking two cups of yellow soup. Since you have found Li Si, you should know that Li Si has always liked the tofu beauty on the street, but you don't know that the husband of this tofu beauty was killed by the red-clothed thief. The tofu beauty once told Li Si that she would never marry again unless the red-clothed thief was brought to justice. That night, Li Si drank and shouted that he wanted to catch the red-clothed thief, and then... Alas."

Lu Zheng and his team did find this tofu beauty. When You Xiaowu saw the name, his eyes lit up and he had to take on this job, so he and Bao Zheng went to investigate the tofu beauty, leaving Lu Zheng and Shihu to investigate An Zicheng. It's just that he didn't know there was such a secret before.

Lu Zheng asked hurriedly, "But I don't know what's going on?"

"Everyone in Qingxi County knows about this, but since you asked, I'll tell you." An Zicheng scratched his head and said, "Tofu Xishi's surname is Jiang, Sanniang, and her husband's surname is Chai, two years younger than Jiang Sanniang. He and my mother drifted to our Qingxi County and rented a yard from Jiang Sanniang's family. They fell in love with each other, but Jiang Sanniang's family only has three sisters. Her two elder sisters are married, leaving only her, but her parents insist on finding a son-in-law. Originally, this Chai didn't agree, but his mother suddenly fell ill, and he agreed because he was a filial son. After that, they lived in harmony for a while. Chai was diligent, and the Jiang family's parents were satisfied. Later, Chai's mother died of illness, and he said he wanted to bury his mother's ashes back home. The Jiang family's two elders were reasonable people, so they agreed. Who knew that he would never come back after this trip. "

Lu Zheng frowned: "Even so, he doesn't deserve to die!"

"Don't be impatient, I haven't finished yet." An Zicheng's expression also became serious. "At first, the two elders of the Jiang family thought that he ran away because he didn't want to be a son-in-law. They were disheartened and no longer insisted on finding a son-in-law. They were ready to marry their daughter off, but Jiang Sanniang refused and insisted on waiting for Chai boy to come back. This wait lasted for three years. And three years later, the two elders of the Jiang family were suddenly killed, and on the seventh day of their death, guess what happened?"

Lu Zheng was listening attentively, but he didn't expect to be kept in suspense. He said speechlessly: "Why don't you just say it directly? This is not a storybook."

"Oh oh oh." An Zicheng smiled embarrassedly, "I'm used to it, don't be offended." He coughed and became serious again, "On the seventh day after the death of the two elders, the head of this boy Chai was hung directly on the door of Jiang Sanniang's house. A small red arrow was stuck on his forehead, and there was a piece of paper on the arrow with four words written on it - karma."

"So, this Chai is the murderer who killed the two elders of the Jiang family, then Jiang Sanniang should be grateful to the red-clothed thief?" Lu Zheng asked puzzledly.

An Zicheng shook his head and said, "We originally thought that it was Chai who committed the crime. Who knew that two years later, when the bandits were suppressed, one of the crimes the bandit leader confessed to was the murder of the two elders of the Jiang family. Because of this, Jiang Sanniang knew that she had wronged Chai and vowed to bring the red-clothed thief to justice before she would remarry."

He said this, as if the red-clothed thief had good intentions but ended up doing something bad. But Lu Zheng still couldn't agree with the behavior of this so-called vigilante. His professional experience told him that people who judge good and evil based on their own subjective opinions, especially those with extremely high IQ or extremely high martial arts skills, are very likely to become criminals in the end.

An Zicheng sighed: "Li Si was drunk at the time. I knew something bad was going to happen when I heard him say that. Sure enough, I didn't see him the next day. Later, I heard that the government had found a dead body, so I went to see it. He had a birthmark the size of a coin on his arm, and there was a black mole next to the birthmark. I knew it was him at first glance. I guess his actions angered the red-clothed thief, so he was killed."

His words were reasonable and logical. Lu Zheng couldn't tell what was wrong. He was still thinking about it when An Zicheng came over in a lewd manner: "Sir, don't you really need a copy?"

Lu Zheng looked at the booklet in his hand, his face darkened: "No." Then he pulled Shihu away.

When Lu Zheng and his team returned to the back office, You Xiaowu and his team had not returned yet. Only Liu Zhi was leading Yuanbao and Tiedan to tidy up the yard. Although Lu Zheng planned to build a grape rack, he was just doing it. Liu Zhi remembered it in her heart. Taking advantage of the spring, she led them to plant the grape vines. Although they could not eat grapes in the short term, at least the racks would be green in summer. Lu

Zheng had just changed his clothes and was about to go over to help when he saw the door being pushed open. You Xiaowu and Bao Zheng were soaking wet, and Bao Zheng had a bright red slap mark on his face.

Everyone was immediately shocked by their appearance.

Shihu went over quickly: "Brother Bao, what's wrong with your face?"

The grievance on Bao Zheng's face was almost overflowing: "Sir, you must say something to this old rascal, he is really too much!"

"What's wrong?" Lu Zheng looked at Bao Zheng, then at You Xiaowu, "What did you do to him? No, what happened to you two, did you go out swimming?"

You Xiaowu spread his hands: "This is not my fault... Hey, hey, hey, don't hit me!"

You Xiaowu shrank and hid behind Lu Zheng, looking at the angry Bao Zheng and said: "If you have something to say, we can talk about it!"

Bao Zheng sat down: "Okay, you talk, I want to see what you say!"

"What you said..." You Xiaowu's eyes rolled, and he slapped his thigh and cried, "Sir! You have to make the decision for us!"

Bao Zheng glared at him. He probably didn't expect him to be so shameless. He didn't know what to do for a moment.

On the contrary, Lu Zheng had known the character of this old man for a long time, and sat down calmly: "What can I do?"

"The people in Qingxi County are not honest! They say she is a tofu beauty, but she is obviously an ugly demon!" You Xiaowu was angry and regretful, "It's okay that she is ugly, but she is also a tigress. We just walked in, and before we asked a few questions, she splashed a basin of water!"

Lu Zheng looked at him suspiciously: "Didn't you do something to cause misunderstanding?"

You Xiaowu immediately said righteously: "I swear!"

Bao Zheng sneered at the side: "He retreated as soon as he saw the tofu beauty, what could he do to cause misunderstanding?"

"In that case, what's the matter with the slap on your face?"

You Xiaowu said quickly: "This is all my fault, my fault. I thought that widows would have a lot of gossip around them, and it was not appropriate to ask questions at their doorstep, so I asked Bao to climb over the wall and ask. Who would have thought that..."

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Bao Zheng's expression and found that something was wrong. Bao Zheng immediately became anxious: "Don't listen to his nonsense. It was obvious that he climbed over the wall by himself. He ran away after being discovered. I was standing there. As soon as he turned around, he was slapped in the face! "

Being stared at by a group of contemptuous eyes, You Xiaowu laughed dryly and said: "It's all a misunderstanding..."

Lu Zheng didn't want to say anything more, and asked again: "Then have you found out anything?"

You Xiaowu immediately became proud: "Of course, otherwise why would we come back so late."

The two compartments looked at each other, and it was roughly the same as what An Zicheng said. The murderer was simply pointing directly at the red-clothed thief.

Lu Zheng pondered for a moment: "It seems that we can only meet this red-clothed thief to know the truth."