Chapter 900 Wang Xiucai
Soon they arrived at the Six Gates.
We arrived at the innermost area where the most seriously criminals were held.
From inside to outside, the guards are tight, with a guard post every three steps and a sentry every five steps.
Jiang Lianzhu was at the door and used her consciousness to explore the innermost scene.
Liao Jiu, Xiang Zuo and the others are all here.
It seems like someone is being interrogated.
A prisoner was shackled on his hands and feet and tied to a pillar, his face full of fear.
Jiang Lianzhu asked Xiang You, "What exactly is going on? Who is that person?"
Xiang Youhui replied, "Princess, did you see everything? You are really amazing. Come in, Xiang Zuo will explain it to you more clearly. It was he who found the clue."
"Um."
The two walked in quickly.
The guards on the road saw them coming, opened the door for them in advance, and went directly to the innermost torture chamber.
Liao Jiu stood up to greet her, "Wife, you are here."
Jiang Lianzhu nodded at him and looked at the prisoner next to her.
When the prisoner saw Jiang Lianzhu, he also cried out in injustice, "How can you arrest people at will? I'm not from Baihualou. Why are you arresting me? Regent, you have made a mistake! I'm just an ordinary scholar, Princess. I'm innocent..."
Jiang Lianzhu asked, "Tell me, what happened?"
"Talk outside."
Liao Jiu took the lead and they all came to the outside of the torture chamber.
Xiang Zuo reported, "My Lord Princess, this is what happened. I went to the women's prison today to investigate and discovered that there are indeed major issues with the case of Yao's burning to death. I found traces of bats in the cracks in the dungeon's rocks, including bat droppings and oil residue..."
"Oil residue?" Jiang Lianzhu asked.
Xiang Zuo continued, "Yes, the prison fire couldn't have been started by straw and rotten wood. It was fueled by oil residue. Because of the small amount, it wasn't discovered afterwards. The oil residue was brought in by bats. It's likely that someone tied small packages of oil residue to the bats and carried them in bit by bit. Afterwards, the bats flew out through the cracks in the ground. So, my subordinates tracked the oil residue all the way to a courtyard in the capital. The person inside was the owner of the courtyard."
Jiang Lianzhu frowned, "That doesn't necessarily mean it was the arsonist. Could it be that the bad guys walked through his yard without him even knowing it?"
Liao Jiu said, "No, there's a newly dug tunnel behind the crack in the cell. The tunnel exit is under the host's kang. Also, we've checked him out. He's from Shamen County, formerly from Wangjia Village. You might still remember the scholar from our Wangjia Village. His ancestral home was where you lived with the children and dug centipedes to sell..."
Jiang Lianzhu was surprised, "It turned out to be the old scholar from Wangjia Village?"
When she first came here, the village chief of Wangjia Village felt sorry for her and her son who lived in a straw hut, so he allocated the idle old house of a scholar in the village to them to live in for a while.
Later, when she had enough money, she built a new house and moved out.
She was also thinking that if she had the chance to meet this scholar in the future, she would have to thank him.
I never expected that this would be the case when we met again?
Liao Jiu said, "Yes, he's from Wangjia Village, Shamen County. He's currently a scholar. He came to the capital from Chubei Prefecture two years ago and worked as a tutor for the wealthy. He made a living from this. Both of his parents passed away in Chubei Prefecture, and he never married. He's now a bachelor in his forties. Combined with what the snake woman said, he fits the profile of the deputy owner of Baihua Tower very well."
Jiang Lianzhu pondered.
If it weren't for this, there would be so many coincidences, it would be too much of a coincidence.
People from Shamen County who came to the capital in the past two years, hiding among the lower class, are suspected of killing Yao.
"Then why did she burn Yao to death?"
Liao Jiudao said, "Could it be that he wants to silence her? Does Yao know something about Baihua Tower? Or does Yao have some connection with Baihua Tower, so he wants to silence her! These are all under interrogation. Wife, I asked you to come here so that we can interrogate him together. I remember you had something that could make people tell the truth..."
Jiang Lianzhu nodded.
"My truth serum is only effective for ordinary people. It's not very useful for strong people."
Moreover, sometimes there is no truth serum in the armory, and things that are not weapons are sometimes out of stock.
"Let's try. We'd rather kill a hundred of the remnants of Baihua Tower by mistake than let even one go."
After the group finished their discussion, they re-entered the torture chamber.
The prisoner sitting on the chair was still struggling, "Let me go! I'm not from Baihualou! I don't know which Yao family you are talking about, I know nothing. Just because you are the regent, you can arrest people at will? Aren't you from the Six Gates supposed to serve the people? You are abusing your power, I will file a complaint with the emperor!"
Only then did Jiang Lianzhu look at him carefully.
He is about thirty years old, with a long face, looks gentle and has the temperament of a scholar.
He spoke with great precision and his face was flushed red. He had not been tortured yet, but his hair was disheveled and his clothes were in disarray when he struggled.
Jiang Lianzhu walked up to him, her expression gentle. "Are you Wang Xiucai from Wangjia Village in Shamen County? You passed the imperial examination at a young age and are a proud student of Zhishu Academy?"
The noisy prisoner was stunned. "Yes, I'm from Shamen County. My ancestral home is Wangjia Village in Shili Town. I studied under Master He at Zhishu Academy! I was one of the top ten scholars in Shamen County, Chubei Prefecture, in the 271st year of the Da'an calendar!"
The more he spoke, the prouder he became, as if he were still in the glory of the past.
"This princess also lived in your village for a period of time before. When the villagers mentioned you, everyone was very envious, saying that you passed the imperial examination and became a scholar, bringing honor to the family and bringing your parents to enjoy a happy life. You are the first scholar in Wangjia Village in so many years. Also, Mr. He mentioned you before and praised you. This princess also admires you, Scholar Wang, very much. I have heard of your great name for a long time." Jiang Lianzhu said indifferently.
Mr. Wang was stunned.
Surprised, he said, "You, you, you actually came out from Wangjia Village? Did the new emperor also live in our Wangjia Village?"
Everyone knows the background of Jiang Lianzhu and her sons. They are from the countryside, but the specific origin of the countryside has not been revealed to the outside world.
One is for privacy, and the other is to protect the peace of Wangjia Village.
Therefore, most people outside do not know where the village where Jiang Lianzhu used to live is.
"Yes, we once borrowed your family's ancestral home, Mr. Wang, and lived there for a few months. We are very grateful. This is also a small bond between us."
"Has our ancestral house not collapsed yet? It has been in disrepair for many years. I thought it had collapsed." When talking about the past events in the village, Wang Xiucai's mood gradually stabilized from his previous anxiety.
He left home early and hadn't been back to his hometown for many years, so he didn't know what happened in the village.
If he went back more often, he would definitely get to know Dabao, Erbao and the others.
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