Daming King of Punishment

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"Is that really the case?" The old village head looked at Song Wuya and asked.

Song Wuya nodded and confirmed: "Yes! Don't you think what I said makes sense?"

"Then...those priests!" The old village head was obviously moved by Song Wuya's persuasion, and after the things he had believed before were suddenly overturned, a lot of doubts arose in his heart.

Regarding the identities of those Taoist priests, Song Wuya hesitated for a while and did not explain: "I need to investigate this before I can say anything. However, the most important thing now is to please tell me how many rumors there are about this treasure people know."

Chapter 439 Treasure Rumor

Chapter 439 Treasure Rumors

"It's just a rumor! How could this happen?" The old village chief frowned, and his expression became panicked.

In Song Wuya's eyes, there was definitely something wrong with such an expression. Obviously, the old village head was scared because of what Song Wuya said.

"Old village chief, do you know this..." Song Wuya looked at the old village chief's flustered expression, and immediately asked again.

Hearing his question again, the old village chief immediately raised his hand, closed his eyes, and sighed uncontrollably.

Such a situation made everyone present see the problem.And Luo Xiaoer, who was at the side, said with concern at this time: "Uncle, don't you just tell them about the treasure? Anyway, it's just a rumor, and it's not sure if it's true! Now such a big incident happened in this village. How can I feel at ease in the future? You have to tell the adults so that they can find out the murderer early, so that I can feel at ease ah!"

Luo Xiaoer was the first person to report the case, and the situation is obviously much better now.When he went to the Yamen to report the case before, he was completely different from now. He was quite frightened at that time.Now this matter is considered a worry in his heart, and he shuts himself at home all day and dare not go out.

Hearing Luo Xiaoer's words, the old village head continued to sigh without making a sound.

Now Luo Xiaoer was in a hurry, and immediately turned to Song Wuya and said, "My lord, I also know about the treasure, just ask me."

"You also know?" Song Wuya heard it just now, but felt that Luo Xiaoer had nothing to ask, after all, he was the old village elder.That can be considered a family, and it should be known, but if you know how many people know about this matter, it may be impossible. "I want to know how many people know about this rumor."

"My lord, there are not many people who know about this matter. Basically, the Luo family knows about it, right? But I seem to..." Luo Xiaoer's words came to this point, and he suddenly stopped.

At this moment, the old village chief frowned, showing a serious face: "Xiaoer, you won't tell outsiders everything, right?"

The words of the old village chief obviously revealed that there was something weird about this matter.As soon as he drank, Luo Xiaoer immediately lowered his head, as if he had made a mistake, and seemed to be hit by the old village chief.

"Hey! You child..." The old village chief immediately frowned and sighed, as if he hated iron for being weak. "Didn't your father tell you? You can't say more about this matter."

Luo Xiaoer lowered his head and didn't speak. Being reprimanded by the old village chief, he could only listen.

"Old village chief, it seems that there is really something going on here. Now that we have reached this point, I hope you will not hide it when you are old." Song Wuya said hastily, he wanted to find out about this matter immediately.

The face of the old village chief changed several times, and finally he let out a long sigh and said, "The treasure really exists."

"What?" Everyone was shocked at once, but Luo Xiaoer's expression remained the same.

It seems that Luo Xiaoer really knows about the existence of this treasure.And the way the old village chief reprimanded him just now, obviously he told the truth about the existence of the treasure.

However, the problem came up again. Song Wuya looked at the old village chief suspiciously and said, "Old village chief, is what you said true? How do you know that the treasure really exists?"

"Actually, there is no surname Luo in this village. Didn't you realize that my accent is different from theirs?" The old village chief looked up at Song Wuya and said.

Song Wuya really didn't realize this. At the moment when the old village chief said this, several yamen servants at the side immediately woke up: "Yeah! I didn't notice that the old man's accent is somewhat similar to ours, but not completely. picture."

So it turns out that the old village chief's family is all outsiders surnamed Luo.

"Our family settled here more than ten years ago, and the rumor of the treasure was created because of us." It seems that the old village head figured it out, and began to tell Song Wuya what he knew. "The prince of the previous dynasty did come here with the treasure of restoring the country. He didn't intend to stay here at first. He planned to continue going south, away from the current court and wait for an opportunity to restore the country. But I didn't expect that after the prince came here, suddenly I couldn’t get sick, and then passed away. At that time, my father was the most trusted guard commander around the prince. Before the prince died, he told my father that he must find other members of the royal family and use this wealth to restore the country. But my father himself After the prince died, he did not follow the prince's last wish. Instead, he led his men to bury the treasure in the mountain. In order to prevent the treasure from being leaked out, he poisoned others, making this matter permanent secret."

Unexpectedly, what happened turned out to be like this, after Song Wuya heard about it, he felt a lot of emotion in his heart, and immediately asked: "Since only your father knows about this matter, why did he tell you about the treasure? "

"It wasn't my father who wanted to tell me about the treasure. It's just that the paper couldn't contain the fire. Someone accidentally broke into that place and found the relics of those people. After that, there were such rumors." The old village chief breathed out and said: "At that time, I was also obsessed with the treasure. After all, with so much wealth, we can get rid of poverty and live a good life. But my thoughts were in exchange for my father beating me severely. Tell me that anyone can be greedy for those treasures, but Luo is the only one."

In any case, as the most trusted person of the former prince, the old village head's father did not swallow this treasure privately, but guarded it, which is worthy of the prince's souls under the nine springs.

"At that time, I moved here with my father. I was not very old. I don't remember many things when I was a child, but I remember that my life before was not rich, but the house I lived in was not too bad. The identity of my father is very important. We have always kept it a secret, but soon I figured it out from my father's performance. After I asked again and again, my father confided this shocking thing to me." The old village chief He continued, "At that time, I also understood my father's painstaking efforts and my father's intentions. Although his identity is not known to many people, it is not an absolute secret. Whenever he shows up, he will be recognized. , That would be an absolute disaster for our family. So he didn't allow us to leave here without authorization, but let us live here with peace of mind. And I also know the truth that everyone is innocent and guilty, There are many people coveting these treasures, so in order to save our lives, we must protect them. After that, when I was patrolling in the mountains, I saw a white-haired fox, so I compiled such rumors. So that here People in China believe that those treasures are guarded by mountain gods, and mortals are not allowed to approach them."

It seems that what the old village chief said to Song Wuya before was a lie.The reason why people believe in the mountain god so much is probably because of the rumors of this treasure.

Anyway, it's clear now.

Song Wuya nodded at the old village chief, then turned to look at Luo Xiaoer who was at the side, but saw that the expression in Luo Xiaoer's eyes was very complicated, and immediately asked: "Luo Xiaoer, what did your uncle say? Do you know everything?"

Unexpectedly, Luo Xiaoer shook his head: "I don't know, but once when my father was drunk, he said that the treasure really existed. Why didn't my grandfather tell the location of the treasure before he died, so that they don't have to do this for a whole year?" I can’t even eat meat a few times.”

It seems that Luo Xiaoer doesn't know many things, he just knows that this treasure may really exist.

"What about after that?" Song Wuya asked again.

"Afterwards, once when I was drunk in the city, I accidentally said it out." Luo Xiaoer pouted, looking like he had made a mistake. "I'm not particularly sure whether the treasure really exists, but hearing what my father said, I feel pretty close. I don't want to live in poverty anymore, so I told people that time that Xishan Li really There is a treasure, if anyone of you has the ability to find it, go find it. If you find it, just give me a box of gold ingots, and it will be a news fee."

Now Song Wuya feels that the matter is completely on the right track. The cause of this case is very likely to be provoked by Luo Xiaoer's unprovoked rumor about a treasure.

When the old village head beside him heard what Luo Xiaoer said, his anger burst out all of a sudden, he took off his shoes and wanted to slap Luo Xiaoer.

Seeing this situation, Luo Xiaoer hastily hid aside.

"Xiao Er, Xiao Er, your father left early, it seems that uncle has neglected to discipline you! See if I won't fix you today!"

The old village head was angry because of Luo Xiaoer's matter, Song Wuya hurriedly stopped him: "Old village head, it's useless for you to beat him now. Xiaoer also said it, it was because he was drunk and accidentally said it." Yes. Now that things have happened, let’s find a way to find the murderer.”

Song Wuya relieved Luo Xiaoer, and Luo Xiaoer immediately gave him a grateful look.

"Luo Xiaoer, let me ask you. At that time, do you remember the people around you drinking?" Song Wuya looked at Luo Xiaoer and asked a key question.

"Except for a few people I know, I don't remember anything else." Luo Xiaoer shook his head with a frustrated look on his face.

Of course, this is not without value, at least a few of them know each other.

"Alright, find all the people you know." Song Wuya thought that these people might be the murderer.

Hearing this, the chief yamen servant at the side immediately said: "Young Master Song, don't worry. I will take this kid and let him find out all the people who drank with him that day."

"En!" Song Wuya nodded at him, looked at Luo Xiaoer again and asked, "How long after you drank the case?"

"Five days!" Luo Xiaoer answered in one go, very simply.

4 Chapter [-] The Merchant Who Stayed Over

?4 The Merchant Who Stayed Overnight in Chapter [-]

"Five days? Are you sure?" Song Wuya immediately questioned Luo Xiaoer's straightforward answer.

Luo Xiaoer was able to insist because of another thing: "Master, please don't worry, the little one remembers clearly. That's because the little one goes to the city to drink every five days, so he remembers very well." clear."

"So, this case happened on the second day of drinking after you talked nonsense after drinking?" Song Wuya looked at Luo Xiaoer's orderly words, and asked again.

Luo Xiaoer nodded: "Hey! It's all because of this case. I didn't go there that night."

"Oh? It seems that after you went to the city that day, you didn't come back?" Song Wuya heard the meaning of Luo Xiaoer's words. Since he drank at night, after the city gate was closed, he naturally There is no way to go back to the village.