The leading man seemed to see Da Zhuang Niang's nervousness and smiled gently: "Don't be anxious, think slowly and talk slowly."
As he spoke, he turned his head to look at his subordinates behind him and said, "Go, bring three meat patties."
The people below immediately took out three meat patties from their bags.
The aroma of meat wafted out, and the leading man handed three meat patties to Da Zhuang's mother.
"Aunt, you can think about it while you eat. It will be too late to talk about it after you finish eating. The more detailed you are and the more accurate the information you provide, the higher the reward we will give you."
The leading man continued to brainwash.
Da Zhuang's mother kept nodding and swallowing her saliva.
After getting their permission, Da Zhuang's mother handed one of the meat patties to her son, and broke the other one into two halves, giving one half to Da Zhuang's father and eating the other half herself.
She planned to eat the remaining meat pie the day after tomorrow.
After Da Zhuang got the meat pie, he started to wolf it down, and the couple were no less eager.
Seeing this, the other people in Xinghua Village, who had been hungry for a long time, became even hungrier after smelling the aroma of the meat. They could only swallow their saliva continuously.
Perhaps, they had not thought of that group of people before, but after hearing Da Zhuang's mother's description, they also remembered that group of people.
Someone stared at the three meat patties with flickering eyes.
Yang Lizheng has been paying attention to the expressions of the villagers, his mind constantly thinking about how to resolve this crisis and keep everyone safe.
Under the eyes of these people, he dared not act rashly.
Noticing someone's intention, he calmly walked up to that person, shook his hand, stretched out his palms one by one, and finally slapped his palm heavily.
The person who had just been tempted was stunned at first, but soon understood what the number meant.
In an instant, the whole person woke up.
After waking up, I was filled with deep fear.
This group of people were their companions, and they killed five of their companions. Once they knew about it, their lives would be over.
Everyone looked fiercely at the outspoken Da Zhuang Niang, and could only pray that she would not say anything she shouldn't, otherwise they would all be doomed.
The leading man seemed to be giving Da Zhuang's mother some time to think carefully, but in fact, he was observing the people in Xinghua Village out of the corner of his eye, and their every move was caught in his eyes.
The greed, tension and worry in their eyes fell into his eyes one by one.
The leading man narrowed his eyes slightly.
After Da Zhuang Niang finished eating, he slowly asked, "Have you thought it through?"
Da Zhuang Niang nodded and said, "When we were walking on the official road, we met a group of them. It seemed that they were walking behind us, and they passed us from behind."
"Did you see who killed them?"
Da Zhuang's wife shook her head, "No."
"You just said that they surpassed you, right?"
Da Zhuang's wife nodded, not realizing the murderous intent in the leading man's eyes.
"So when did you see them again?"
Da Zhuang's mother was stunned and shook her head, "No, no more."
The leading man frowned, and his subordinates on the side shouted angrily, "How dare you tease us."
As he said this, he was about to draw his sword.
Da Zhuang's wife was frightened and took two steps back. The leading man glanced sideways at his subordinates, who immediately restrained their breath, lowered their heads, and took a step back.
The leading man smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, auntie. I am a subordinate with a quick temper. I am distracted by my concern. Please don't be offended."
"No, it's okay." Da Zhuang's mother smiled awkwardly.
"You were walking behind them, so you should have seen their bodies. I just want to know if anyone has desecrated their bodies. If you have seen anyone touching their bodies, as long as you provide that person's appearance and information, I will definitely reward you handsomely." The leading man patiently persuaded.
Da Zhuang's wife shook her head. "No. We took another road, not the official road."
The man's men snorted coldly, "What a coincidence?"
Obviously they didn't believe it.
In their opinion, it was very likely that after Prince Yun's men were killed by their people, this group of people happened to pass by and robbed the people in Prince Yun's mansion of their property.
I don’t dare to admit it now, maybe because I’m afraid they will blame me.
Seeing that they didn't believe her, Da Zhuang's mother pointed at the other people in Xinghua Village and said, "You can go ask them. We are from the same village. We all left together."
The leading men had already realized that they were in the same group, and they were prepared to ask even if Da Zhuangniang didn't say anything.
Yang Lizheng stepped forward without hesitation and said, "Sir, she is right. If you are talking about that group of people, we have indeed seen them, but not long after we met them, we took the small road instead of the official road."
"So it's unclear when they were killed, and I never met them again."
When Su Yin and the other two came back from the investigation, the group had already been killed, leaving no one alive.
Only his family and two elders knew about this matter. Those two were already dead, and now only his family knew about it. As long as they kept their mouths shut, Su Yin and the others would not be implicated, and they themselves would have a glimmer of hope.
Fortunately, they were afraid that this matter would cause panic among everyone, so they did not tell the whole village. Otherwise, with Da Zhuang's mother's character, she would have told everyone long ago, and they would have been beheaded.
"Why did you change the route?" asked the leading man.
"There are two reasons. The first is that I heard there is a water source in the valley. We have used up a lot of the water we brought with us, so we want to replenish it. The second reason is that the path can also lead to Yongqing County. We can kill two birds with one stone without having to go around the original route."
Yang Dashu said, "That's exactly what happened. We were short of water and needed to find a water source. We knew there might be water over there, so we went there naturally. That's why we didn't see the bodies of your companions. We don't know when they died."
Other men in Xinghua Village also came forward to testify, and everyone wanted to get rid of these people as soon as possible.
The villagers of Xinghua Village were afraid that others would find out that they had killed their five companions, but they didn't know that it was precisely because of their guilty conscience that they would be easily exposed.
The leading man could clearly sense that these people were hiding something.
"I'll ask you again, is there anything missing?"
Everyone shook their heads.
But, the next second, a silver light flashed, and the sharp knife cut across Yang Dashu's neck. Blood gushed out of his neck, and a head rolled down.
This sudden murder frightened the people in Xinghua Village and the refugees resting nearby.
“You, you guys…”
The leading man restrained his gentle smile and stared at the people of Xinghua Village with a cold gaze, looking at them as if they were corpses, "You didn't tell the truth. This is the result."
The leading man put the knife on Yang Lizheng's neck and said, "I'll give you one last chance. Are you hiding something from us?"
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