Looking at the mountain of case files on the table, Zhang Gaopeng pondered over these confusing clues again and again, and suddenly, he seemed to have found some clues.

"Look at the dead people here, it seems they are all related to this Song Ran!" he shouted excitedly and handed the case file in his hand to others.

Upon hearing this, everyone came forward and carefully examined the case.

Zhang Gaopeng pointed and said:

"Look at this Li Sanwan. Before he died, he went to Song Ran's house to steal a chicken, and caused a commotion in the middle of the night."

"And this Wu Dongmei, who later participated in framing Song Ran. Even Yang Wen was involved in this matter."

At this time, Zhang Zhaoming scratched his head, revealing a puzzled expression: "But the man who hanged himself didn't have any hatred towards Song Ran. If you want to be honest, it should be someone else who has a grudge against him, right?"

However, Zhang Gaopeng shook his head and reminded everyone: "Do you remember what Li Manpeng did in the village before he died?"

"I have some impression!" one of them answered, "I seem to have heard that the man did something excessive after something went wrong with his private parts."

"The person Li Manpeng is harassing is Song Ran?"

Someone immediately checked the case file, "Yes! Eleven women in the village were harassed, including Song Ran."

Zhang Zhaoming frowned and said in a puzzled tone: "But Song Ran was imprisoned at that time, and she no longer had any relatives in the village. Who would help her kill those people?"

"Where are her parents?"

Zhang Zhaoming sighed and replied, "Her parents have long passed away, and none of her relatives within the fifth degree of mourning are in Feng County!"

Zhang Gaopeng couldn't help but frown. "Why doesn't it even record the relationship between relatives? You can actually remember it so clearly. You wrote this case file, right?"

Zhang Zhaoming smiled awkwardly and explained: "This is obviously a wrongful case, so I didn't write down all the information."

Zhang Gaopeng asked doubtfully, "You don't have any relatives, so you don't even have any friends?"

Zhang Zhaoming thought for a moment and replied, "It's not that there is no one. There is a pretty boss in the city who runs a braised meat business and she is quite good friends with him." "Oh? How did you know?"

Zhang Zhaoming was a little embarrassed and said with a smile: "Hehe, I am greedy and always go to her to buy braised meat."

Zhang Gaopeng continued to ask: "Then how deep is the relationship between this person and Song Ran?"

Zhang Zhaoming quickly shook his head and said with certainty, "That's definitely not the case! Miss Su only married into Lihua Village later."

Someone nearby joked, "You're already married, but you're still missing her?"

Zhang Zhaoming's face flushed red, and he stammered, "No... No, she has divorced her husband now... I... I don't have any other ideas! Boss, Miss Song only has one sister, and no one will help her seek revenge."

"Sister...footprints..." Zhang Gaopeng murmured to himself.

Zhang Zhaoming looked at Zhang Gaopeng who was lost in self-reflection again and couldn't help but sigh: "Boss, why are you still thinking about that footprint? It didn't appear again in the following times. Maybe it was just a coincidence. And the matter about Yang Wen is over a long time ago..."

After all, this matter involves the lives of scholars, so not only the county will come to investigate, but even the state is keeping an eye on it.

In the end, they could only pick one person to convict from those who had been sentenced to death and were awaiting execution in the autumn.

Everyone knows the ins and outs of this matter, so the best way is to quickly put this matter behind them and not mention it again. Otherwise, they will be the ones who suffer in the end.

"You just said that Lihua Village is going to hold a ritual?" Zhang Gaopeng suddenly asked.

"They just invite some shamans to come. I don't believe in these things! Hey, no...Boss, do you still believe in this?" Zhang Zhaoming looked at him in surprise.

"What day is it? Let's go and see."

……

Li Wanshu suddenly fell ill and lay in bed, unable to get up.

Everyone around was sighing.

Li Wanshu originally had two sons, who died one after the other. His wife became insane, and poorly, he had to act in front of his wife every day, pretending that everything was normal.

Bai Xiuwen was basically raised by Li Wanshu. He was spoiled a little too much and developed a proud character.

He originally thought that his nephew would be able to live a good life after getting married, but why did he die out of the blue?

Li Wanshu looked at the bright spring light outside the window, but felt endless sadness in his heart. It seemed that his life was a failure.

He was too strict and harsh to his son, which created a rift between father and son.

As for his nephew, he did not give him the right guidance, causing him to waste most of his life.

He failed to care for his wife, causing her to suffer from madness.

As the village chief, he colluded with the local gentry and enjoyed petty profits, resulting in many people in the village being forced to pay more taxes.

Jun'er said that he wanted to establish his mind for the heaven and earth. I think he feels extremely ashamed of the heaven and earth.

"Chunfeng." Li Wanshu called softly.

Wu Chunfeng, who was sitting on the doorstep, turned her head and looked at him: "What's wrong?"

"Come with me." Li Wanshu said calmly.

"Where are we going? I still have to wait for Jun'er and the others to come back. Wanshu, listen to how lively the village is." Wu Chunfeng replied with a smile, "Should we go take a look?"

-

Song Li frowned and stared at the immortal who was singing and dancing in the center of the venue.

People in the village respectfully called her a fairy, but secretly called her a witch.

In the past two days, she had been studying the concept of "gods and ghosts" with her elder sister, and she finally understood why Li Dongya was so afraid of her. It turned out that he regarded her as a creature beyond nature.

At this moment, the "immortal" held a bell high in his right hand and held a yellow paper in his left hand.

Suddenly, the yellow paper started to burn on its own, causing exclamations from the people around.

Song Li was full of curiosity. Could it be that this person possessed fire-related abilities?

The flames danced on the yellow paper, as if they had life. Song Li opened her eyes wide, trying to see the mystery.

As the fire grew stronger, the "god" began to mutter something in a low, rhythmic voice.

Song Li observed attentively, not missing any details.

Li Rongrong squeezed through the bustling crowd, came to Song Li's side, and said in a low voice: "Dongmei will be back soon."

After hearing this, Song Li nodded to show that she understood and prepared to leave with Rongrong.

However, at this moment, Li Rongrong suddenly leaned close to Song Li's ear and whispered softly, "Let's not leave in a hurry. There will be good things to take away later. Let's leave after everyone has received their gifts. Then I will help Dong Mei get her share as well."

Although Song Li was not quite sure what the so-called "good stuff" was, she had to continue watching.

Suddenly, the "god" shouted: "There is actually a person with the fate of being doomed in your village! People with this fate specifically suppress their relatives and friends, and even other people in the village will be implicated and suffer misfortune!"

The shout was like a flash of lightning that cut through the sky, stunning everyone.

Immediately afterwards, there was panic and commotion among the crowd, and people began to whisper and talk.

Someone asked in horror, "Excuse me, old immortal, who is this person you are talking about?"

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