I made a fortune by marrying a sickly woman!

There are officials here and a murder has occurred.

The caravan originally wanted to leave a small number of people behind to take charge of the matter while the others continued on their way, but the group of people blocking the road refused to give in.

Mu Ting and Qin Qi went to check and came back.

"Madam, what should I do?"

Qin Qi asked Song Jin in a low voice, "The deceased was only left with one breath, and had nothing to do with the caravan. Those people insisted that it was the people in front who did it."

"An open frame-up?"

This method is not very clever unless there is a ulterior motive.

Qin Qi added: "Those officers came too quickly. They had obviously been waiting nearby for a long time. It's hard to tell whether they are real officers or fake ones."

Song Jin asked: "Could it be another trick of those people?"

"It's possible. There may be a trap waiting for us ahead." Qin Qi gave an appropriate reminder.

Song Jin wanted to say that these people really would not give up until they reached the Yellow River. "There is no village in front of us, and no shop behind us. If we can't get into the city before dark, we may have to sleep outdoors."

This group of villagers is actually very suspicious.

I don't know where I was driven here from to stop them.

Waited a while longer.

Lou Ruhan came over and brought some not-so-good news, that those officers were actually real officers. They said they had received a report that there had been a murder here today and that was why they came here specifically to stake out.

According to the officials, no matter whether they were right or wrong, they had to go to the yamen.

Song Jin said: "What do you mean?"

"The officers said they were only responsible for arresting people, and judging cases was the responsibility of the county magistrate." These officers were not wrong, and their reasons were very sufficient.

It's not good for anyone to continue to argue.

Song Jin made a prompt decision and said, "We go first. We must enter the city before dark."

Every day I don't go into the city, I will be worried.

Today's case is not difficult to investigate.

There are so many loopholes. We can find them out quickly by going to the government office.

Lou Ruhan led his men forward to clear the way.

When the official was about to ask, Lou Ruhan directly announced his name, "We are escorting the family of Dali Temple Qin Shaoqing to the capital. We are blocked by you. Can you please make way for our lady to pass through? You know, our lady is in a hurry. If we don't reach the city gate before dark, it will be troublesome."

The officials' families passed by.

It's really hard to block the way with a group of people.

Normally, the common people and officials would be afraid of such nobles. However, it was abnormal for these people to block the way.

A man among the villagers stood up, pointed at the people who were wrongly accused of murder, and angrily asked, "Aren't you in the same group as the murderer? How can you let them go?"

Lou Ruhan looked at the man sharply.

No matter how disguised the man was, Lou Ruhan could still tell at a glance that he was not right, and he immediately shouted, "Catch that man!"

"Yes!"

The brother next to him responded loudly and rushed towards the man immediately.

The man wanted to resist, but he restrained himself halfway and let the two men hold him down, shouting like ordinary villagers, "What are you going to do? Frame innocent people? Or do you want to kill people to silence them? Someone, come, the murderer wants to kill people to silence them."

The villagers nearby wanted to go up and help.

And timid.

By the time they hesitated, the man had already been tied up by Lou Ruhan's men, and Sanlang ran to search him.

A purse, a dagger, several hidden weapons and a wooden token were found.

Without waiting for the man to explain, Sanlang shouted, "My dear officers, this man actually has a dagger and hidden weapons on him. It's really suspicious. Could he be a bandit in disguise?"

Lou Ruhan secretly praised Sanlang for his cleverness and immediately agreed, "Yes, if I remember correctly, the nearby village is at least ten miles away from here."

Several officers looked at each other.

One of them had a sly look in his eyes. He made eye contact with the tied-up man, then quickly looked away.

These villagers had sad faces, most of them were pale and thin from hunger. A few of them were holding hoes and other things, their eyes were evasive, and they were obviously afraid but still refused to give way.

The body of an old man was lying in the middle of the official road.

He just died not long ago.

Lou Ruhan handed the tied man to an officer, "Officer, this is a good opportunity to make merit. Catching these bandits will definitely be a great achievement."

"We are not bandits! We are good citizens, good citizens!"

One of them shouted in a timid voice.

One person shouted, and the others followed suit, as if that would give them courage.

Lou Ruhan shouted, "Make way!"

"No! No, you two are in the same group!"

A villager shouted tremblingly, his eyes red and his feet shaking, but he still held the hoe and refused to give way.

Lou Ruhan noticed something unusual.

Not only him, but Song Jin, who lifted the car curtain and looked at the movement here, also found something wrong.

Song Jin couldn't understand the intention of the person behind this incident. If nothing unexpected happened, they would be able to reach the capital before dark today. Now they were blocked here and might not be able to make it.

Being stranded on the road is not safe at night.

Perhaps this is exactly what the person behind this intends?

Song Jin suddenly spoke up, "Knock them all out and tie them up, including the villagers. Just don't kill anyone. Be careful not to kill anyone. Search the villagers for weapons and poison, in case one or two of them die accidentally and you can't explain it. Keep an eye on the runners, there may be someone from the other side among them."

"Yes!"

Qin Qi responded immediately.

Immediately, she took half of the people and went over quietly.

This was not a difficult task for them, so it didn't take long before dozens of civilians, including several policemen, who were blocking the road, were knocked down. They then began to search a group of villagers and really found some bad things. Two of them actually had poison in their mouths.

Lou Ruhan almost cursed when he saw this, "Who is so cruel to use human lives to frame us?"

Fortunately, my wife reminded me.

Otherwise, things would not be so easy to resolve.

Lou Ruhan placed the items he had found in front of the bound officers and said, "You officers are probably in league with the villagers and are here to extort money on purpose."

"No we don't, we're not."

No matter how dumb the leading officer was, he could tell something was wrong.

Lou Ruhan asked: "Then how did you know there would be a murder here?"

"That's what he said."

An officer pointed at an officer who had been knocked unconscious.

It’s the one with the shifty eyes.

The officer who was pointed out made a guilty excuse, "I also heard someone come to report the case! I was also deceived..."

Lou Ruhan searched the officer without saying a word. He had just discovered that this man was flirting with the shouting man, and it was obvious that he was an accomplice and not a good person.

After a body search, no weapons, poisons, etc. were found.

Instead, he found a silver note worth one hundred taels.

Lou Ruhan asked sarcastically, "Are policemen so rich?"

"No, I don't have any money."

One of the officers smiled bitterly and said, "Young man, I hope you can show some mercy. When we get to the government office, I will report the truth to you, my Lord."

"It's easy to talk about."

Lou Ruhan responded with a few perfunctory words while untying him.