A lucky wife born again from a farm family

Captain Zhu made a mistake, and when Jiang Xianwei looked at him with a sword-like look, he could no longer say anything to refute.

Lieutenant Jiang County asked him: "During the fire, did anyone send people to keep an eye on each door, and did the patrol personnel outside the wall withdraw? If Zou Yuzhen really escaped, he would definitely take advantage of the chaos and escape."

A flash of panic flashed across Bantou Zhu's face, and he quickly calmed down and said: "Sir, I have been posting people guarding the entrances of the Zou Mansion for a long time, and there are no manpower patrolling outside the wall..."

With a bang, Lieutenant Jiang County gave him a slap in the face before Captain Zhu finished speaking, pointed at him and cursed: "Zhu Laiwu, if you tell me lies at this time, I'm afraid you don't want to live anymore!"

"Do you think you can get away with it? Your government officials also have to listen to me. As long as I say a word, they can help you fake it?"

Captain Zhu knew that he could not deceive Lieutenant Jiang County, so he immediately knelt down and said, "Excuse me, my lord, but I deserve to die... At that time, the fire broke out, and I only wanted to put out the fire. I once called the guards into Zou's house to put out the fire, but it only took a short time." After half a quarter of an hour, when the humble officer came to his senses, he immediately sent back the government officials who were guarding the gate and patrolling the outer wall."

"Zou Yuzhen is so familiar with Zou Mansion, half an hour is enough for him to escape several times." Lieutenant Jiang County was so angry that he really wanted to slap Bantou Zhu.

Seeing Lieutenant Jiang being so angry, Captain Zhu was frightened, but in order to keep his position, he still had to say a question: "Sir, Zou Yuzhen's death escape is just a guess, maybe this charred corpse is really his. "

"Ha!" Lieutenant Jiang laughed out loud, pointing at Bantou Zhu, who no longer had any interest in beating him.

Just when Jiang County Lieutenant was about to die of anger, Lao Zhong and Uncle Yu hurried over with their county soldiers and said to County Magistrate Xu and County Lieutenant Jiang: "Your Excellency, County Magistrate, Lord County Lieutenant, the humble officials have already searched Zou. Mansion, Zou Yuzhen was not found."

While putting out the fire, Lieutenant Jiang County was worried that someone would escape from the Zou Mansion, so he asked Lao Zhong and Uncle Yu to lead the county soldiers to search the Zou Mansion.

Lieutenant Jiang County was not at ease and said to Uncle Yu: "Old Yu, you will search twice more with your soldiers. You must search every corner of Zou's house to see if Zou Yuzhen is hiding in the house?"

Then he said to Lao Zhong: "Go and take a look. How many servants of the Zou family have died? How many are alive? Call them all. The fire tonight must have been put out by the servants of the Zou family. It was only Zou Yuzhen who was responsible for the fire." Maybe they could quietly pour pine oil on so many yards and set them on fire."

"Yes." Lao Zhong and Uncle Yu took their soldiers and ran to search the Zou Mansion, count the dead servants of the Zou family, and summon the surviving servants of the Zou family to gather.

Two quarters of an hour later, Lao Yu came to report: "Your Excellency, the house where the servants of the Zou family lived caught fire, and a total of twenty-nine servants were burned to death. Among these servants, there were two stewards and seven servants. , five maids, and the rest are nursing homes.”

He then handed County Lieutenant Jiang a list of servants and nursing staff: "All the names underlined are those who did not come during the roll call. They should be the ones who were burned to death."

The county soldiers under Lao Yu brought in all the living servants and nursing staff. They were all unkempt and their faces were blackened by dust. Some of their family members were burned to death. They were crying and wiping their tears.

Lieutenant Jiang County looked at these people and his eyes fell on Zou He.

At this moment, Zou He was trembling all over and mumbling words, not knowing what he was talking about.

Lieutenant Jiang narrowed his eyes, pointed at him and said, "Catch Zou He."

Lao Yu immediately took action and dragged Zou He to Jiang County Lieutenant.

County Lieutenant Jiang grabbed Zou He's lapel and asked: "Did something happen in Zou Mansion these days? Someone sent news to the manor? Did Zou Yuzhen deliberately set fire to escape? Where did he go? Who was there to meet him outside? Who is it? Tell me!"

Lieutenant Jiang's voice was like thunder, frightening Zou He to the ground: "Hard, so cruel... so many people died... so many people died..."

Zou He was trembling while continuing to speak words that only he could understand.

There was something wrong with what he said. Jiang County Lieutenant immediately grabbed Zou He, slapped him several times, and finally stunned Zou He.

After a while, Zou He burst into tears: "It's murder. The third master wants to kill everyone in the house in order to survive!"

Bantou Zhu turned pale when he heard this. From what he meant, the charred corpse was really not Zou Yuzhen's.

Lieutenant Jiang County immediately grabbed Zou He by the shoulders and asked, "Tell me what you know. As long as you tell me, I will spare your life."

Magistrate Xu also said beside him: "Come on, as long as you tell me why Zou Yuzhen killed the entire Zou family, I guarantee that you and your family will not die."

They will just be used as official slaves.

Zou He was so frightened by the fire that he woke up and cried to Jiang County Lieutenant: "The third master doesn't want to be executed. Ever since I was caught, he has been thinking about how to escape... But I didn’t expect that the Third Master would be such a beast, and for his own sake, he would actually set fire to half of the Zou Mansion…Mother Zou and Zou Hu are all dead.”

After Zou He finished speaking, he burst into tears again.

Jiang County Lieutenant had no time to listen to his cry and continued to ask: "Who is helping Zou Yuzhen outside? Who is helping him in the house?"

Zou He thought for a while and said: "The Third Master has hired some people over at Liuye Lane. The leader is Chang Laopeng. It should be those people who are helping him... As for the mansion, the Third Master has recently been with Zou Hu. Master Gu is very close. Master Gu’s son is the boy next to Third Master, and the arrested master guarding the courtyard, the one named Cao, is Master Gu’s uncle."

After saying that, he started to cry again: "Dead... Zou Hu and Zou Hai are both dead!"

A courtyard near the reverse house was also on fire. It was the courtyard where the steward lived, where Zou Hu and Zou Hai lived. He lived in the yard next to him. He heard the screams of Zou Hu being burned to death, and saw the charred corpses of Zou Hu and Zou Hai being carried out, so he was so frightened that he trembled.

After hearing this, Lieutenant Jiang County said to County Magistrate Xu: "My lord, it is confirmed that Zou Yuzhen escaped to death. I will lead my troops to search the city and we will surely capture Zou Yuzhen."

County Magistrate Xu hurriedly said: "Master Jiang, go quickly, we must catch the felon."

Zou Yuzhen was originally just an accomplice to the execution, but in order to escape, he not only set fire to Zou's house, but also burned down several alleys and street shops in the county to create chaos, killing many people, and he has become a felon in murdering people.

If such a serious criminal cannot be caught, he will be punished, let alone promoted.

Bantou Zhu wanted to make up for his mistakes and asked Jiang County Lieutenant to join him: "Sir, I would like to go with you to capture Zou Yuzhen!"

Lieutenant Jiang County sneered: "Take your people and stay here, don't cause any more trouble to me."

After saying that, without looking at Bantou Zhu's pale face, he led Lao Zhong and the others straight to Liuye Lane.

The fire in Liuye Lane was also very intense. Among the three houses burned, one of them belonged to Chang Laopeng and his friends.