Jin Wangshan disagreed. He squinted his eyes at Xu Xingchen and sneered, "Tsk, who knows if you are the thief crying thief? We don't know what you are up to."
"Besides, we didn't see anything. When we arrived, we only saw you and your cousin standing there. If you can't lift the hoe, then it must be Jun Haoyue who did it. So who else could it be if not you?"
Xu Xingchen was really pissed off by the man in front of him! He was talking nonsense, so he immediately refuted him.
"How can you say such nonsense? If I want to harm Aunt Wang, I will teach you how to farm and distribute seeds to everyone? How dare you do such a thankless task!"
"You can't say that. You had a conflict with Aunt Wang this morning. We all saw it and remember it clearly."
Jin Wangshan pointed at Xu Xingchen and turned to the villagers watching, "Isn't that right, everyone?"
"Yes, yes."
"Indeed, that's correct."
“…”
The villagers all started discussing it and expressed their agreement with Jin Wangshan's words.
Jun Haoyue's face looked unhappy. He raised his hand and slapped Jin Wangshan's finger, which was pointing at Xu Xingchen, downwards.
"Ah...! Village chief, they killed someone!"
Jin Wang's pig-like cry spread among the crowd, but Jun Haoyue didn't seem to want to let him go at all, and continued to increase his strength without leaving any trace.
The screams got louder.
The villagers were so scared that they quickly pulled Jin Wangshan out of Jun Haoyue's hands, and looked at the two of them with even more suspicion.
Seeing this, Xu Xingchen frowned, and with anxiety in his eyes, he cast his hopes on Wu Zhengli, who had been silent all this time.
"Village Chief Wu, please speak up! You've seen how I've treated everyone for so long. Am I mean? Why would you kill Aunt Wang for such a trivial matter?"
Wu Zhengli didn't say anything. Instead, he looked at Aunt Wang, who was lying in a pool of blood. He coughed lightly and said, "What Jin Wangshan said is not without reason."
Before Wu Zhengli could finish his words, Jin Wangshan immediately chimed in, "Right, right, right. Widow Xu's motives are obvious, and she refuses to admit it!"
Hearing this, Xu Xingchen's face turned blue with anger. He had never seen such a shameless person in his life.
He was about to rush forward and give Jin Wangshan a few slaps to wake him up, but Wu Zhengli stopped him and directed the villagers,
"Enough! Someone hurry up and go to town to find a doctor to come and see Aunt Wang."
Then he looked at Xu Xingchen and Jun Haoyue again, frowning, "No matter what you two say, you are still suspicious about Aunt Wang's matter. I will investigate the matter. You two stay in the ancestral hall first. Once the truth is revealed, everyone will know whether it is black or white!"
Although Wu Zhengli had not read much, his tone of voice that brooked no room for argument was still quite authoritative.
As soon as he finished speaking, two strong men came up, locked Jun Haoyue and Xu Xingchen's arms, and took them to the ancestral hall in the town.
The two men were very energetic in their daily farm work, and even Jun Haoyue couldn't break free. He could only be taken into the ancestral hall in a strange way. Before leaving, they specially hung a big lock on the door handle to prevent him from escaping.
Xu Xingchen kicked the door several times, but only a few layers of sawdust fell down.
Seeing that there was no hope of sneaking away, the two of them didn't waste their energy any more. There were usually many people coming to this ancestral hall, and the cushions were relatively clean, so the two of them simply sat down on the spot, one each.
"I secretly checked Aunt Wang's head and saw that it was indeed caused by a hoe."
Xu Xingchen's face was gloomy, but he looked somewhat majestic in the dim ancestral hall.
"And I suspect it was definitely Jin Wangshan who did it. But they teamed up to frame me this morning, and then this happened this afternoon. What do you think his motive was?"
“I don’t know.”
Jun Haoyue pursed his lips and unconsciously raised his hand to pat Xu Xingchen on the back to comfort him.
Feeling this heartwarming gesture, Xu Xingchen curled his lips and said, "I'm fine. Now let's think about how to solve this problem!"
"But we can't leave now. We can only hope that Aunt Wang can wake up and testify."
Thinking of this, the breath that Xu Xingchen had just let go came up again, and he kept muttering to himself. Jun Haoyue sat beside him without saying a word.
“Squeak…”
Suddenly, there was a sound of a door being pushed open from behind the curtain of the ancestral hall. The two people who were originally sitting on the ground immediately turned their eyes to the source of the sound.
"Who is it?"
Jun Haoyue quickly stepped forward, opened the curtain and punched the person behind the curtain, causing him to scream in shock.
"Ah! Don't hit me, it's me!"
With the dim light, Jun Haoyue finally saw the person clearly, but he didn't help him. He just asked in surprise, "Zhang Xiaochun, what are you doing here?"
Zhang Xiaochun didn't care. He just dusted off the dust on his body and stood up.
She put on a delicate look, but her tone was still as sharp as before.
"I came here secretly, thinking of telling you something, but I don't know if it will be of any use."
Looking at Zhang Xiaochun's disgusting expression, Xu Xingchen couldn't stand it anymore. "Could you please stop pinching your throat when you speak?"
"That's how I talk all the time!"
Zhang Xiaochun raised his voice, making it seem even sharper, which hurt Jun Haoyue's eardrums. He subconsciously stopped Xu Xingchen behind him.
"Okay, tell me what information you have."
Seeing this, Zhang Xiaochun pursed his lips and quickly told what he knew.
"I've seen Jin Wangshan and Wang Muling interacting privately before. They were both smiling and walking away. I didn't pursue them because I was afraid of being discovered. But they definitely have a special relationship."
This statement has a deep meaning, which is roughly that Jin Wangshan and Wang Muling are old lovers. The motive for murdering Aunt Wang this time is probably that Jin Wangshan and Wang Muling had a conflict, which led to today's tragedy.
"Anyway, I don't think Jin Wangshan is a good person. He is smooth-talking all day long." Zhang Xiaochun thought of Jin Wangshan's character again and bit the ground hard.
Hearing this, Xu Xingchen inexplicably felt more favorable towards Zhang Xiaochun and nodded in agreement.
"So we have a motive, but it's definitely useless if we just say it. How about you come and testify for us?"
"Ah? I..."
Zhang Xiaochun took a few steps back, a look of hesitation on his face, his eyes secretly glancing at Jun Haoyue beside him, "I'm afraid they will retaliate against me."
Xu Xingchen hurriedly pushed Jun Haoyue away, "What's there to be afraid of? With us here, why would we be afraid of him?"
Although he admired Jun Haoyue very much, the weakness in his heart was not enough to make Zhang Xiaochun devote himself to love.
Under Xu Xingchen's strong questioning, Zhang Xiaochun finally refused the request hesitantly.
"No, I'm still afraid. I only came here to tell you this news secretly. I didn't intend to testify to anything."
"Besides, many people are watching the ancestral hall right now. If they accidentally catch me, I won't be able to clear myself even if I jump into the Yellow River."
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