Chapter 242: Arson and Murder

The sound of footsteps outside the courtyard wall late at night reminded Li Xiao of some bad memories.

The last time I encountered such a situation was when someone tried to climb over the wall to harm Dr. Yin and his daughter.

This time...

Li Xiao listened carefully. Perhaps he heard a dog barking. The footsteps outside were a bit chaotic, and they did not leave behind the courtyard wall.

The people outside are not passing by, they are not villagers!

He quietly walked to the door and unbolted it. At this time, Jiang Wan and her daughter also came out.

One bad thing about wooden doors is that they make some noise when they are opened and closed.

When the people outside the courtyard wall heard the door opening, they ran away. They were quite loyal and even carried the two people who fell from the wall away.

Li Xiao chased out like a cheetah. He was very familiar with the surrounding environment and often walked in the mountains and forests at night, so chasing people was effortless for him.

Perhaps doing bad things will bring retribution, the thieves carrying people fell to the ground one after another.

Li Xiao hurriedly counted the number of people, a total of five. He first caught the one who ran the fastest, and then came back to deal with the two who fell.

With his skills, it was easy for him to deal with a few scoundrels.

Soon he knocked the man unconscious and dragged him into the yard.

"Li Xiao, are you okay?"

"It's okay, it's okay. These guys aren't very skilled, and two of them fainted from the drugs when they were climbing over the wall, so it wasn't hard. Doctor Yin, where do you have the ropes? I'll go tie them up."

Upon hearing this, Yin Huaixi hurried to the place where the sundries were placed and got the rope for Li Xiao.

After the five men were tied up, the three men lit the lights and carefully examined their faces.

He is an ordinary person, the kind that is inconspicuous once he enters the crowd.

Li Xiao searched all five people with the help of the lamplight and found several tinderboxes, incense sticks, a dead cat, and a 100-tael banknote.

That’s a lot of money…

He checked again and found that the water bags carried by several people were actually filled with lamp oil!

Jiang Wan's heart suddenly tensed up.

"They want to set fire!"

It was normal to bring a lighter when going out at night, but it was wrong to bring lamp oil. They must have wanted to climb over the wall and set the fire, and then put the dead cat body in.

In this way, even if the fire was finally put out, people would just think that they did not turn off the lights at night and the stray cats knocked over the lamp oil and started the fire.

The mother and daughter quickly figured out who had a grudge against them that required them to kill someone.

It is impossible for the young master of Fengweilou to be the new owner. He is already under strict surveillance, and the He family members are busy fighting for the remaining property and cannot take care of this at all.

Who else?

The mother and daughter looked at each other, unable to guess who it was.

Yin Huaixi went back to the pharmacy and took out two small medicine bottles, one for refreshing and the other for scaring people.

She took the bottle, uncorked it and put it under the nose of one of them. The man was dazed and soon opened his eyes.

I was shocked to find that everyone was tied up.

"Who are you?! Let me go!"

"That's funny. You've climbed over my wall, how could you not know who I am?"

Yin Huaixi walked over with a cold face and kicked him lightly.

"Who sent you?"

The man's eyes rolled, and he immediately made a cunning excuse: "No one sent me here. Who said I climbed over the wall? Who saw me in the middle of the night? I just heard that there was a very skilled doctor in this small village, so I came here overnight and waited for treatment at dawn."

Jiang Wan was speechless, looking at everyone as if they were all fools.

"Are the people who came with you also here to see a doctor?"

"Of course not. I am a timid person who is afraid of the dark. I brought them along to show my courage."

This guy is quite good at making up stories.

Yin Huaixi directly poured a small pill for him to swallow.

"Stop talking nonsense. There is poison on the wall of my house. Two of you brothers were poisoned. Take them to the government office for examination and we'll know if they got poisoned by climbing over the wall."

Hearing this, the man suddenly panicked.

Because just now, two brothers actually fell down suddenly after climbing up the wall. It was really scary.

It turned out that he was poisoned.

It's hard to get away with this.

etc!

"What did you just feed me?!"

"I'm a doctor. I can either treat you or poison you. What can I give you to eat? Do you feel hot all over? Is your face numb? It feels like there are ants crawling on your face."

The more Yin Huaixi spoke, the colder the man felt.

But he didn't dare to admit it.

The charge was confirmed at once. How can anything good come of this?

"Right now, they haven't woken up yet. If you tell them what you need to tell them, I can speak well of you in front of Lord Qin."

The man raised his head suddenly, and instantly felt hopeful again.

This Doctor Yin knows Lord Qin!

"Really?"

"I have no reason to lie to you. It's up to you whether you believe it or not. If you don't want to tell me, forget it. I'll send you to the government office tomorrow morning and have the officials interrogate you. They're definitely more professional at interrogating prisoners than I am."

When he heard about the government office, the man became even more frightened and immediately said anxiously:

"No! I said!"

Before I was caught, I was fearless, but now I have been caught.

Who wouldn't be afraid when thinking about being tortured by the people in the yamen?

"He was the one who brought us here this time."

The man pointed to the right. He was the shortest of them all.

"His name is Liu Ba, and he has a brother who is a steward in a wealthy family. The day before yesterday, he suddenly bought some good wine and food and came to my house, called these brothers over and said he had something good to look after us."

At this point he paused and looked at Yin Huaixi before continuing, "He said his elder brother recently took a job at the master's house to punish someone for the master. He said there was a doctor named Yin in Lianjiagou who, relying on his good looks, flirted with their master and he needed to be taught a lesson."

Jiang Wan and Li Xiao looked towards Yin Huaixi at the same time.

Yin Huaixi's face was full of black lines.

"Nonsense! What old man? I'm in the village every day, and I see villagers. I've never seen any old man. What's the name of that old man?"

The man shook his head.

"We don't know. We only know that Liu Ba has a brother who is a steward in a rich family. This time he said that if we set a fire and teach him a lesson, we can get ten taels of silver."

"Stupid..."

Jiang Wan picked up the incense from the ground.

"This is something I found on Liu Ba's body. Do you know what it does? Blow it into the house and even cows will fall over. If you blow this and then set it on fire, who can escape? You can hold ten taels of silver and you won't be afraid of burning your hands."

A gust of cold wind blew by, and the man felt a chill in his heart.

Liu Ba actually wanted them to kill people together!

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(In ancient times, arson was a serious crime punishable by death in many dynasties, but there were also a few dynasties where it was only a few years in prison or exile. The crime of arson in this article is not too serious, so people are not afraid of it)