Chapter 68: The truth is revealed, the county magistrate shows up

Although Tang Shuli is not ambitious as an official, does not seek to understand things, and lives a life of mediocrity, he has lived so long and has seen so many monsters and ghosts. Compared with Zhao Qiang, a fool , he is also an old fox.

Therefore, when Zhao Qiang told him about the experience of Jinyufang, Tang Shuli understood that he was set up!

"Hateful! Hateful!" Tang Shuli was so angry that he turned around in the small cell, wishing he could catch Hu Laoliu and the monkey and beat them up.

Zhao Qiang didn't understand what his uncle just said, so he asked, "Uncle, what liar? Who is the liar?"

"Haha!" Tang Shuli sneered, "Who else could it be? Of course it's your grateful brother Monkey and his boss Hu Laoliu."

"Impossible!" Zhao Qiang didn't believe it at all.

"Impossible? Ha! Then tell me, why did that monkey come to curry favor with you for no reason? Was it really to get you to find him a wife? That's definitely just an excuse, he just wanted to trick you into going to Jin Yu Fang to gamble!"

"Tell me again, why did Jin Yu Fang let you play five games for free for no reason, and you won every time? Do you really think you have good luck or are good at gambling? Those small profits you made earlier were just to make you inflated and unable to recognize reality, just to tempt you to gamble the sixth game and put you in huge debt!"

"No...it's not like that, uncle, these are just your guesses. Monkey is really a very loyal person. He even knelt down to plead for me." Zhao Qiang felt something shaking in his heart, he spoke eagerly, trying to prove that he was right.

"Kneel down and beg for mercy? Hahaha... My silly nephew, haven't you heard of the "torture trick"? Think about it yourself, if you were the boss, would you throw away six thousand taels just because of a few words from one of your subordinates?" Tang Shuli said sarcastically.

"That's because, because the Sixth Master knew that I couldn't come up with six thousand taels, so he did me a favor and only asked me for one hundred taels..." Zhao Qiang said hesitantly.

"Bah! Two wolves and dogs who are in cahoots with each other!" Tang Shuli cursed loudly when he heard this, and kept sighing in his heart that these two people were really good at calculating. This statement sounded reasonable, and it was no wonder that Zhao Qiang was fooled.

"He not only knows that you can't come up with 6,000 taels, he also knows that you can't come up with 100 taels, he even knows that you will go to Liu Ming'an's house on the day of the Tongsheng exam results announcement, and these two shameless thieves went through such a big circle just to use you to do these things, while they themselves stayed out of it and didn't get involved at all."

Tang Shuli finished his analysis firmly, and couldn't help but cursed a few more "thieves".

"Why do they want me to steal the silver? What's the benefit for them?" Zhao Qiang still couldn't figure it out.

Tang Shuli looked at Zhao Qiang, who was a head taller than him, and shook his head. He was really tall but not smart.

"I just ask you, what you said, that you went to steal money alone, was caught by that girl, and then fled to the woods, and were finally knocked unconscious, is this true?"

Zhao Qiang was afraid that Tang Shuli would doubt him, so he quickly raised three fingers: "Uncle, I can swear to heaven, if I tell a lie, let the thunder split me in half! Vertically!"

"Okay, I believe you, but what if I tell you that Liu Mingan's house was burned down that night?" Tang Shuli's expression was very solemn.

"His house was burned down? Uncle, this has absolutely nothing to do with me," Zhao Qiang said firmly, "I did light a candle when I went to steal something, but that was because the house was too dark and I couldn't see anything, and the candle went out when I was fighting with that woman. It's absolutely impossible for me to set the house on fire."

"So, the house was not set on fire by you, which means that there was another person who went to Liu Mingan's house and set the house on fire after you and that girl left the house!" Tang Shuli's tone became a little eerie for some reason, which made Zhao Qiang feel cold.

"Then...are Liu Mingan and the others going to put the crime of arson on me?" Zhao Qiang thought Tang Shuli was worried about this.

"Oh, you are such a fool!" Tang Shuli said angrily: "Think about it, if your knockout drug was well administered, would Liu Ming'an and the girl still be unconscious when you went to steal things?"

Zhao Qiang nodded and said angrily: "That was originally planned. I don't know why they were not knocked unconscious by the drug..."

Tang Shuli was so angry that he raised his hand and knocked on Zhao Qiang's head again, and said seriously: "They were not knocked unconscious by the drug. It's your ancestors who have blessed you for eighteen generations. It's your great blessing. "

Looking at Zhao Qiang's puzzled expression, Tang Shuli let out a long sigh of relief and patiently explained, "If they were unconscious and you stole the silver and walked away, then the person who set the fire later would not have burned just one house..."

Tang Shuli paused, staring straight into Zhao Qiang's eyes and said, "Two lives! And these two lives are all attributed to you, Zhao Qiang!"

Zhao Qiang felt his scalp tingling instantly, and cold sweat seemed to run down his back.

"This is their vicious plan! They pretend to let you steal money, but actually use you to kill someone. If the truth comes out, people will only find out that you owe gambling debts, you bought knockout drugs, you have the motive to kill and rob people, and you have the opportunity to commit the crime! And they can let you be the scapegoat and sit back and relax!"

With every word Tang Shuli said, Zhao Qiang's face turned paler, and in the end, his face was as white as paper.

The truth is so cruel, and people's hearts are so terrifying. Calling each other brothers turns out to be sweet words with a sharp tongue, and being respectful turns out to be a dagger hidden in the smile! How terrible

!

"Uncle, what should I do?" Zhao Qiang, who realized the truth, now felt despair.

Tang Shuli patted his head soothingly, with helplessness in his eyes: "You did drug and steal money, you can't get away with it. Liu Mingan will present the complaint to the court tomorrow, and the crime of arson and murder will most likely fall on you..."

"Uncle..." Zhao Qiang couldn't hold back any longer, tears burst out.

Tang Shuli couldn't bear to see him like this, so he patted his head vigorously and paced back and forth in the cell, trying to come up with a solution.

"Pa pa pa!"

There was a sudden applause, and Zhao Qiang and Tang Shuli, who were immersed in their own thoughts, were startled. Turning around, they saw a young man in casual clothes and with a decent appearance standing outside the cell, looking at the two people inside with interest.

Seeing the two looking over, the man slowly spoke, his voice was even and steady, which made people think of the word "dignified".

"Excellent! It's really wonderful!"

Tang Shuli's face changed suddenly, and he knelt down in front of the man with Zhao Qiang, and saluted nervously, "Hello, Lord Song!"