Chapter 701 Investigation

"To answer your question, Wang Da Wang and I begged for some food from Mr. Liu's house at noon. Mr. Liu is a well-known philanthropist. It is said that every year when firecrackers are set off at midnight, he will give money to anyone who comes to ask for favors. It is at least half a tael of silver. So the three of us waited in the alley. We had nowhere to go anyway. If we rested in the dilapidated temple, we might be robbed of our food. It was better for us to stay here.

In this way, we could wait until midnight and still get half an ounce of white. As a result, before it got dark, we heard a noise coming from Mr. Liu's house, and faintly the sound of children crying, and then heard a few screams, as infiltrating as the cry of wild cats in spring. Wang Da and I felt something was wrong, so we ran to the gate to take a look. During the New Year, the gate of Mr. Liu's house was not closed, and we saw that scene. "

When Wang San spoke, his eyes were looking directly at Meng Zhili.

He didn't know that he couldn't look officials in the eye, and Meng Zhili didn't care. The most important thing now was to catch the murderer of the family annihilation case.

Meng Bujiu asked from the side.

"The entrance to the Liu family's main gate is a courtyard, and you can only reach the inner courtyard by passing through the outer gate. How dare you three beggars go in without saying hello? Could it be that the gatekeeper was already dead at that time?"

"Yes, originally there were two gatekeepers guarding the front door of Mr. Liu's house. When we heard the noise, we went to see the front door. We found that the front door was open, but the gatekeepers were gone. There was no one there, and we couldn't even hear any talking. It was extremely quiet.

This was really weird, so we went in to see what was going on. You don’t know, the screams were so scary, just, like, like…”

Wang San was at a loss for words, and his face turned red.

Wang Er, who had calmed down, took over and said, "It was like a pig slaughter. The men were screaming like pigs were being slaughtered, the women were screaming like cats in spring, and there were children crying. It was all mixed together and it was really scary.

Not to mention that it was almost dark, even hearing it early in the morning was scary, so we thought about going in to take a look. After all, there were three of us, so we could still be brave. If I were alone here, I would definitely not go in."

As a beggar and an orphan, who had slept on the floor since childhood and had suffered countless hardships, he was naturally braver than others. The three of them were afraid that something might have happened in Mr. Liu's family and they would not get the wedding money, so they went in to find out what was going on.

Wang Da also said, "Years ago, we were begging outside the Hejia Restaurant and saw with our own eyes a man who stopped Mr. Liu in the street and said he wanted to kill him. Otherwise, we would not have gone in to see what was going on.

We thought that if something really happened to Mr. Liu, we could help him report it to the authorities, and Mr. Liu might treat us as his benefactors, and we would never have to worry about food and drink. But who would have thought that we would see that scene.”

Wang Da shrank his neck.

The scene in my mind reappeared.

He was so frightened that he began to tremble again.

I spoke out everything that was in my heart.

"Han man? What Han man? Do you remember what he looks like? Do you know him? Is he from Ruling Prefecture?" Hearing the name of a key figure, Meng Zhili's wrinkled eyebrows raised instantly, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"I don't know him, but I have an impression that everyone praised Mr. Liu, but he was the one who cursed Mr. Liu in the street, so I remember it very clearly. Many people came to help Mr. Liu curse him. Later, the man ran away angrily. He was very dark, short, thin, hunched, and had a big black mole under his eye."

Wang Da thought for a moment and described the man's appearance.

"Come here, take him to the government office and have the painter draw the man according to his description."

Wang Da was taken away by two constables, while Wang Er and Wang San entered Mr. Liu's house with Meng's father and son. Many details have not yet been made clear.

When they came out again, it was already noon.

Meng Zhili had a terrible headache. He hadn't slept all night and was busy until now. He hadn't eaten a single bite of food and he felt completely exhausted.

"Sir, please go back to the government office and rest for a while. Your body can't stand it."

The officer on the side advised.

Wang Er and Wang San stood by without saying a word. Meng Zhili's majesty made them dare not straighten their backs.

"Dad, let's go back and have dinner and then take a nap. This matter can't be rushed, but if we collapse, who will investigate the case? Let's go, Dad."

No one's persuasion was as effective as his own son's. Seeing that his son's face was pale and his mouth was covered with dry skin, Meng Zhili nodded and went back with Meng Bujiu.

Before leaving, he did not forget to leave a group of officers to guard here to see if they could catch the murderer.

After all, many murderers of tragic crimes like to revisit old places, as if seeing the indelible bloodstains on the ground can satisfy their deformed hearts.

"Yes, sir."

After the official finished speaking, the father and son left. As for Wang Er, Wang San and Wang Da who had been staying in the government office, they were temporarily kept under guard.

Although it was unlucky to stay in the government office during the New Year, for the three little beggars, having a place to live and enough food to eat was already a life of luxury. Not to mention there was a charcoal stove in the government office. They were wearing thin clothes, and if they hadn't been wrapped in a layer of straw raincoats, they would have frozen to death long ago.

Now they were warming themselves by the fire in the house, and the three of them no longer wore their raincoats.

My face turned red.

"I really want to stay here forever. What do you think? Why don't we commit a crime so that we can stay here forever?"

Wang Da said to his two younger brothers in a foolish manner.

"What nonsense! Do you think a cell is as comfortable as this? Don't do anything stupid! The cell is full of rats and poisonous insects. It's dark and you can't even stand straight, let alone eat a full stomach or warm yourself by the fire. It's normal to freeze to death or starve to death."

Without waiting for the two men to reply, the officer guarding them came in from outside after urinating and heard what Wang Da said.

He shouted angrily, scaring the three people.

Wang Da immediately lowered his head and dared not say a word.

He was just joking, there's no chance he would actually do anything wrong.

Although he is a beggar, he is also a good beggar. He does not steal or rob. He just opens his mouth to ask. If people don’t give him anything, he begs them. If they still don’t give him anything, he will find someone else.

Anyway, there are so many people in the world, you can always meet someone with a kind heart.

"Let me ask you, are you three brothers? You don't look alike." Seemingly a little bored, the officer guarding them started chatting with them to pass the time.

"No, sir. We just met on the way to escape. They are my younger brothers, so they took my surname. Everyone in our family died on the way to escape. The three of us have been dependent on each other since I was seven years old. At that time, Wang Er was only six years old, and Wang San was only five years old, so I am the eldest brother."

When Wang Da spoke, there was a hint of flattery on his face.

In the past, they had no qualifications to talk to the officials.

Dogs on the roadside would roll their eyes when they saw them. After all, when they were extremely hungry, they would even compete with the dogs for food.

It's true that even dogs hate each other.

Not to mention people.