Chapter 857 Second Question
"They had their faces covered, so I couldn't tell. There were either five or six of them."
"Five or six, so they killed you first and then went back to look for Zhou Yin and his wife?"
Erji raised his head and asked, "Mr. and Mrs. Zhou Yin?"
"The couple you entrusted the evidence to were also killed that day. If they killed you first and confirmed you didn't have the items before going after Mr. and Mrs. Zhou," County Magistrate Tang asked, looking at him sternly, "how long did you run before they caught up? And, since they didn't find your body, how could they be sure the items weren't on you but on a third party? Did they see Mr. and Mrs. Zhou? Or did you tell them?"
Erji shook his head with trembling lips. "No, I, I didn't say anything. I don't know if they saw them or not. Maybe they did. Yes, we were in a hurry. The master told them to run away quickly, and then he pulled me to distract them. They were chasing us so hard, maybe they saw us."
County Magistrate Tang looked at him for a long moment, until cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Then he asked, "Do you remember everything that happened that day?"
Erji nodded repeatedly and said affirmatively: "I remember, I remember."
County Magistrate Tang looked at Bai Shan and motioned him to take out the things.
Bai Shan pursed his lips, took out a folded drawing from his arms, and opened it to show them.
This was a map he'd drawn based on the path he'd cleared. County Magistrate Tang stared at Erji, pointing his finger at a point on the map. "This is Yizhou City, this is Luojiang County, and this is Qili Village," he said. "This is the path you took to escape here, right?"
Erji looked at it for a moment and nodded, "Yes."
"Then tell me, where did you meet Mr. and Mrs. Zhou Yin?"
Erji hesitated for a moment, then pointed with a trembling finger and said, "Here."
County Magistrate Tang raised his eyebrows slightly when he saw this. Bai Shan was also surprised and asked, "This is the road to Qili Village. Aren't you going to Luojiang County? Why did you turn here?"
Erji wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "We were going to Luojiang County, but they were chasing us too closely at the time. The master was injured, so we couldn't get far by running along that road. So we saw a small road on the way and turned into it."
At this point, Erji finally realized he seemed to have done something wrong. No one had ever shown him a map, so the old lady asked him where the incident had occurred, and he said it was in Luojiang County.
At that time, they were fleeing to Luojiang County and were being hunted by assassins. On the way, they met a passing couple, and the master gave them the things to take away...
He looked at Daji with a guilty conscience and asked, "Brother, did I say something wrong? That, that is also in Luojiang County, right?"
Daji patted his shoulder soothingly and said, "It's in Luojiang County, you're not wrong."
Erji breathed a sigh of relief.
County Magistrate Tang took a pen and marked the map. He then continued, "Did you encounter or catch up with Mr. and Mrs. Zhou Yin while you were here?"
Erji thought for a moment and said, "We caught up with them. Their car was moving very slowly, so we chased them from behind. The man, that was Zhou Yin, turned around and saw us, so he stopped the car and waited for us."
Erji paused here, trembling his lips as he continued, "At that time, he asked us if we wanted to take a bus, and whether we wanted to go to Qili Village, Dali Village, or Baimaguan Town..."
County Magistrate Tang asked, "And then?"
"Then the master took out his official seal and showed it to the couple, explaining the reason and asking them to take the gift and hide until Lord Tang came here for inspection, and then hand it over to Lord Tang."
"Wait a minute," County Magistrate Tang asked, sitting up straight. "Where's the official seal?"
Erji was stunned for a moment and said, "The official seal was also given to him. The master said that only with the official seal can he ask to see someone."
"Besides the official seal, what else did County Magistrate Bai give him?"
"Evidence, oh, and a few pieces of gold on him. He said he would use it if he needed money."
County Magistrate Tang asked again, "What happens after you give the things?"
"The master told them to leave quickly, and then he took the empty package and dragged me back. We left that path and headed towards Luojiang County. Not long after we left, the assassin caught up with us. The master said we had to lead them away and absolutely couldn't let the assassin discover that the package wasn't with us. So the master had to go to the mountains and escape separately from me..."
"Who brought the empty package?"
Erji trembled his lips and said, "Yes, it's Master..."
County Magistrate Tang slammed his palm on the bed and shouted, "You're lying! Tell me, who brought the empty package used as a disguise?"
Erji broke out in a cold sweat and began to tremble all over.
Daji couldn't help but hug him tightly, holding his arm tightly, pinching him until it hurt, and then said, "Erji, tell Magistrate Tang who has the empty package?"
Erji's tears and snot flowed down, and he looked at Baishan and Manbao tremblingly.
Bo An couldn't help but take a step forward and shouted, "You scared my second uncle."
Erji burst into tears with a "wow". He was already thirty years old, but he cried like a child. He cried, "I took it, I took it. The master couldn't run fast. He was injured. He said he couldn't run away. He asked me to run quickly with the things. If I can run, run. If I can't run, find a valley and throw it away... I, I wanted to throw it into the valley, but they were chasing us too fast. When the swords came, I don't know why I threw the bag out to block it. I didn't say anything. I didn't say that they took the things away. I didn't say anything. I jumped into the hillside. I, I don't know anything..."
Daji pursed his lips and said nothing, but still held Erji tightly.
Bai Shan and Man Bao stood quietly by, their sleeves touching each other. Bai Shan looked at Man Bao worriedly, then reached out and quietly held her cold hand.
County Magistrate Tang looked at Erji for a while, and when he had almost finished crying, he continued to ask, "What's in the package?"
Erji calmed down a little, wiped his tears and said, "There are account books, registers, and some letters."
"What is the account book, what is the register, and whose correspondence is it?"
Erji shook his head. "I don't know. The master never showed it to me. I just occasionally heard the master and County Magistrate He say that there must be no problem with the things. Otherwise, not only will they die, but the entire Yizhou City may be implicated."
"About the King of Yizhou?"
Erji hesitated for a moment before nodding, "Yes."
County Magistrate Tang glanced at him and asked, "Do you still remember what happened twelve years ago? That is, six months before the accident?"
"I remember," Erji said. "For the past twelve years, I've been thinking about it day and night, so I remember it very clearly."
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