"Yes, yes, I hope you will investigate this thoroughly."
Xue Ba nodded. "If you see that person again, will you still recognize him?"
"Of course."
In the afternoon, Xue Ba asked Xu Yuehuai and his team to do other things.
"Put away your farm tools and implements, and come with me."
Xue Ba gave the order.
The group walked to a distance.
Xue Ba ordered his men to tie their hands, then sneered, "From District 11 to District 1, I've been everywhere I could. I've checked everyone. The murderer must be among you. Who is it? Step forward."
Yes, counting down from the eleventh district.
He led the witnesses to check the area along the way.
However, no one resembling the murderer has been found, which is quite surprising.
Xu Yuehuai was stunned. What did he mean? Could it be that the corpses were exposed in broad daylight? Otherwise, why would they suspect them? But judging from this guy's words, it could be inferred that he had checked each of them one by one.
In other words, Xue Ba is screening and filtering.
Just as Xu Yuehuai was lost in thought, the delicate-looking girl came out again. Her voice was loud and sharp. "That night, someone killed Brother Dong. I saw it but was worried that the person would silence me, so I didn't dare to stand up. Now I will examine you and see who the real murderer is."
These words displeased everyone.
Someone roared, "Caihe, you bastard, don't make false accusations! We're all locals, we would never dare to lay a hand on him."
It turns out this busybody is called a "color box".
Caihe sneered, dismissing Old Mashao's words with disdain.
“That person is obviously not you, so there’s no need for you to say anything here. In fact, I can see clearly that you’re innocent. If you’re not afraid of your shadow being cast, what are you worried about?”
This guy stepped forward and started pointing out the errors.
Ah Qi grew anxious and looked at Xu Yuehuai.
Xu Yuehuai was also incredulous. She had always been meticulous in her work, so how could she have slipped up?
Before she could finish her thought, the woman had already taken a few steps closer to her.
Immediately afterwards, Caihe pointed at Xu Yuehuai.
"Sir, it's her, it's her! She's the one who killed someone last night. She not only killed Boss Dong, but also threw his body into the dry well. I saw it with my own eyes."
"Take it down."
Xue Ba gave the order.
The group quickly approached and prepared to subdue the suspect.
Ah Qi was extremely anxious and wanted to explain, but the other person was adamant in their claim.
He wanted to step forward to protect Xu Yuehuai, but he was outnumbered and outmatched.
As for the color box, it seemed to have a deep-seated grudge against Xu Yuehuai. She pointed at Xu Yuehuai and said, "It's this damned 'in' who killed the supervisor."
"Where's the evidence? The evidence?"
Xu Yuehuai remained unfazed.
"evidence?"
The woman in the box said, "Everyone thinks I'm just making things up without any evidence, but actually I do have evidence. Just look at this."
At this point, Caihe took out a piece of cloth.
This cloth was clearly a piece of fabric, torn and tattered. Xu Yuehuai had been given this garment by someone else. Those who were imprisoned here and forced to do things were all pitiful people.
They worked almost non-stop every day, and their clothes were already tattered.
As she walked along, her tattered clothes tore open on the thorns, but Xu Yuehuai didn't notice. At that moment, someone took out the cloth and presented it to Xue Ba.
"Uncle Xue, you'll see once you take a look."
Xue Ba took the cloth and held it up to the sunlight to examine it. "It must be you! You still won't admit it?"
Xu Yuehuai stared at the cloth.
I definitely took this down last night, and comparing it now, it's exactly the same.
The woman grabbed the cloth and was about to piece it together when she realized she was about to be exposed. Xu Yuehuai calmed herself down as much as possible. Finally, she exerted her strength, but just as she was about to break free of the rope, a familiar and clear voice came from behind her.
"Isn't the presence of cloth enough to prove it?"
Xu Yuehuai glanced sideways and saw Qi Guze, dressed in tattered clothes, walking towards her.
What a coincidence! I never expected to run into Qi Guze here.
It turned out that Qi Guze had managed to infiltrate the area after all; he needed to investigate the clues.
Upon seeing Qi Guze appear, a defiant voice suddenly arose in the otherwise silent air. "Yes, how can we prove he's the murderer? Just based on this piece of cloth? Everyone has torn clothes. Who knows when and where this cloth came from? Sir, don't listen to her side of the story."
Upon hearing this, Caiqi frowned and looked at the uninvited guest.
"Who are you?"
"Me?" Qi Guze smiled. "I am Qi Guze, the officer dispatched to the First District."
Ah Qi had just noticed that Lin Quan was focused on Xu Yuehuai and was trying to find a solution for her. He never expected that Qi Guze would show up so brazenly.
When Xu Yuehuai saw that it was Qi Guze who spoke up for her, she immediately understood that everything was fine.
"Oh, it's you."
Xue Ba hurriedly tried to get on his good side, but in reality, the officials here all had rather special identities, and he dared not offend any of them casually.
“It’s me. From now on, Brother Xue and I will be on equal footing.”
"No, no."
The two exchanged pleasantries.
Xu Yuehuai found it strange; when did he arrive?
He was even too lazy to use a fake name.
At that moment, Qi Guze gave her a look that said, "Take it easy."
Xu Yuehuai felt as if she had found a stabilizing force, and then she looked at the other person.
"Unfortunately, it was a dark and stormy night last night, and I also saw the murderer."
"oh?"
Since he was sent by higher-ups, his words were naturally more credible than Caiqi's. "Tell me what you think."
Qi Guze pointed at the colorful flag, "She's the one who killed him."
Caiqi was horrified. "My lord, aren't you making false accusations? How could I, a weak woman, kill someone?"
“You’re a weak woman, yet you’ve managed to navigate so many men unscathed. Aren’t you amazing enough? Last night, you got his thirty taels of silver but lost his money pouch in your panic. Do you think I didn’t see that? The only reason I didn’t expose you then was because I wanted to see what your future plans were.”
"Ah, this... Brother Xue, that's not how it is, I didn't."
"Whether it's true or not, I'll prove it to everyone."
At this point, Qi Guze approached the colorful flags.
"Where do you live?"
Caiqi was originally a maid in an official's household. She seduced the official, thinking she could become a lady and live a life of luxury. However, the official was killed in a civil riot, leaving Caiqi alone and helpless.
She was, after all, the officer's widow, and had no choice but to stay here.
Over time, he did quite well.
She is shameless, promiscuous, two-faced, and untrustworthy.
This is common knowledge in the mining area, and it's fair to say that her reputation isn't very good.
"I live over there, right over there."
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