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Several people waited until the city gate was about to close before the horse team leader came back with the peddler.

Along the way, the peddler had already learned from the horse team leader that Liu had been harmed.

So when they were brought there, they saw that the peddler had become extremely frightened.

"Sir, I am innocent. I did have feelings for Liu, but I have always been a good citizen and have no intention of harming anyone!"

It was the first time for the peddler to see so many officials, and he immediately collapsed to the ground.

"My lords, I have already asked on the way. His daughter was sick a few days ago and did not come out to sell goods. The neighbors also confirmed it." Ma Bantou took out the testimony from his arms and handed it to Yu Xianwei.

"In that case, then..." Before County Captain Yu could say anything, a panting voice interrupted.

"Sir! Sir! Liu's father-in-law has been missing for several days!" It turned out that the person who was sent to the countryside to find Liu's father-in-law had returned.

"Are there any clues?" Several people's hearts skipped a beat when they heard this. If this was the case, then the case would be complicated.

"I asked the villagers nearby and they said that Mr. Liu had not returned from delivering food to his daughter-in-law and grandson a few days ago. His wife thought that Mrs. Liu had left her father-in-law to live in the city!"

Unexpectedly, the clue was broken. Su Qinchao touched his chin and thought, since the peddler is not the criminal and Liu Laoguan is missing, how can we investigate?

"Hurry! Find a few people to ask along the way. We must dig three feet into the ground to find the person!" As long as you do anything, there will be clues.

"Yes!"

Su Qinchao never got to wait for the final outcome of the case. He waited with everyone until 15:45 that night, but there was no progress.

He really couldn't wait any longer, so he found a restaurant to eat and sleep. After all, he had to get up at 3:15 a.m. to go on duty the next day.

I don’t know if it had any effect, but according to a letter from County Lieutenant Li later, as soon as he left, he found a key clue near Liu’s house.

It was the flowery coat that Liu had worn on the day of the crime. It was stained with blood and emitted a special smell of fragrant oil. It was dug out from a vegetable garden by several wild dogs.

Following this clue, he found a Taoist temple nearby and discovered that the smell of the sesame oil was the one specially made in this temple.

He also asked the Taoist children in the temple, and finally locked his target on a Taoist priest in his forties.

This Taoist priest often went down the mountain to collect daily necessities, and he was usually very greedy and lustful.

He would even tease the little Taoist boys in the temple who had slightly pretty features, making them unbearable.

But he was the nephew of the temple master, and seeing that nothing serious had happened, everyone turned a blind eye and endured it.

When County Lieutenant Yu sent his men to arrest the Taoist priest, the Taoist priest actually resisted violently.

With just a few moves, he knocked down several arresting yamen runners to the ground. At the end, he sneered and tried to use his lightness skills to escape.

"How dare you!" Fortunately, the two county lieutenants were both good at martial arts. They chased the Taoist priest one after the other and finally captured him together.

When he was brought back to the government office for interrogation, it turned out that he was the one who did it.

It turned out that the Taoist had long been eyeing the plump and fair Liu, but Liu liked the peddler and ignored him.

So at noon that day, he took advantage of the fact that no one was around and sneaked into Liu's house, intending to make the matter a fait accompli.

Liu naturally resisted hard, and although he succeeded in the end, he accidentally suffocated her to death.

Later, when he saw that Liu had died, he planned to escape, and happened to meet Liu Laogong who was delivering vegetables at the door.

In order to get rid of the problem, he strangled Liu Laoguan to death and threw his body into the dry well in the backyard of the Liu family.

As for Liu, he originally wanted to throw her into the well, but the well mouth was too small for her to fit in, so he took advantage of the cover of night and threw Liu's body into the river outside the city.

At this point, the truth of the case came to light. The two county lieutenants jointly reported the matter to the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice. In the end, the Taoist priest was sentenced to death by slicing.

"Oh, this case is quite twists and turns." Shen Yong put his arm on Su Qinchao's shoulder and glanced at the letter in his hand.

"Yes, who would have known that a Taoist priest would actually kill two people just for something concerning his lower body." Su Qinchao folded the letter and put it in the drawer.

Then he pushed Shen Yong's arm away, stood up and stretched. He had been working for a whole morning and was hungry.

"Want to go eat?"

"I'm tired of eating at the nearby restaurants and don't want to go there!" Shen Yong shook his head and leaned over the table.

"Do you want to go to the south of the city to eat roast duck?" The roast duck in the south of the city is a specialty. I haven't eaten it for some time. After we finish eating, I'll pack one for Yunniang as well.

"Go!" They were usually very busy on duty, and today they both happened to be on duty, so they had plenty of time, so it was no problem for them to go to the south of the city.

The two of them rode their horses to the Zhou's Roast Duck Restaurant in the south of the city. As soon as they entered, Su Qinchao asked the waiter to order three ducks.

"Why are there only three? Can you finish them?" Shen Yong looked at Su Qinchao in surprise.

"Oh, I'll pack one and take it back for my wife to try." Then Su Qinchao told the waiter to put more dough and seasoning in the packed one, and then he pulled Shen Yong into the private room.

"He is indeed a good man!" Shen Yong had heard that Su Qinchao was a famous good man, and today he was enlightened.

I heard that Su Qinchao didn't even have concubines or maids, and he just lived with his wife. This was unique in the Jinwu Guard and even in the whole Chang'an.

"I'm not a good man. I just saw something delicious and wanted to share it with my family." Su Qinchao shook his head. Except for the princess, no one else probably knew about his relationship with Guanqi.

"This is already very good. I have never done this before." Moreover, his wife took the initiative to find him several concubines.

"Everyone is different, just be yourself." Su Qinchao took the wine jug and poured a glass for Shen Yong.

In his eyes, Shen Yong is also a very good man with positive values. Although he has concubines, his wife and legitimate sons and daughters are always the first in his heart. This is considered a good man in ancient times.

"That's true!" Shen Yong picked up the wine glass and took a sip, then picked up a bite of the side dish before changing the subject with Su Qinchao.

"Hey, do you still remember the Prince of Changning?"

"What's wrong? Hasn't he been adopted by Princess Yucheng now?" Su Qinchao stuffed the rolled roast duck into his mouth. Well, the ingredients in ancient times are so delicious!

"Yes, but I heard that he never speaks and just reads books all day long."

"It could be because his mother passed away and Prince Changning treated him badly, so he was hit hard and became like this. Maybe he will get better when he grows up!" Su Qinchao had seen a lot of such things in his previous life, but only half of them got better afterwards.

"That Prince Changning is really a bastard! He has the heart to treat his own son like this!" Although Shen Yong doesn't take care of children much on weekdays.

But when I see her, I will still hug her and comfort her, especially my soft and sweet little daughter.

"There are good people and bad people in this world. He is just a beast, which is normal." Su Qinchao said this, but he was still worried about the young master in his heart.

He decided to go to Li Yi to discuss it after work today and see if she had any ideas.