Chapter 34 chapter eight

Ma Rong and Qiao Tai walked into the yamen, and saw Di Gonggong, Hong Liang, and Tao Gan discussing seriously.Ma Rong reported to Di Gong in detail what he had seen and heard just now.After hearing this, Duke Di smiled and nodded frequently.Qiao Tai said: "The two soldiers of the Beizhen Army are waiting outside the yamen house to be heard by the master." Di Gongdao: "When the clues you found collide with the inside story Tao Gan inquired about, Miss Liao's disappearance has a general outline. Qiao Tai, send those two soldiers in." The two soldiers kowtowed to Duke Di, and told the details of how they met a merchant on the road in Goat Town.

Di Gongdao: "The information you provided is very important. I will write an official letter to your lieutenants of the third battalion to ask for a few days of vacation for you. After the case here is settled, it will not be too late to ask the battalion to go." The two soldiers were overjoyed when they heard this, and they had a few more days of carefree life—it didn't take much time for them to testify in court. Di Gong signaled Hong Liang to take them to the prison to identify Pan Feng.Then he told Qiao Tai and Ma Rong the details of Tao Gan's inquiry. After a while, Hong Canjun rushed back to the yamen house and reported to Duke Di that the two soldiers recognized Pan Feng at a glance when they went to the prison to be the panicked merchant they met on the road to Goat Town.

Mr. Di nodded and said: "Now we can clear up the clues in our hands. Let's look at the murder of Mrs. Pan Feng first. The words of the two soldiers can prove that Pan Feng did go to Goat Town. The leather bag contained the copper stove we bought, and the leather robe when we went out of the city. When the inspector came back from Goat Town, I guess the result of their investigation must be the same. Right now, our eyes are searching for the noon of the day before yesterday. To the murderer who broke into Pan's house and killed Mrs. Pan Feng in the early hours of yesterday."

Tao Gan said: "The murderer knew in advance that Pan Feng was going to Goat Town the day before yesterday, so he must be very familiar with Pan Feng and his wife. I think Ye Tai is a very suspicious person. He often goes to Pan's house to borrow money from his sister. Pan Feng and his wife Diligence and frugality inevitably lead to tight hands, and he rejected Ye Tai, so Ye Tai had evil thoughts, emboldened his courage, and took his life." Di Gongdao: "What Tao Gan said is very true. We must conduct a detailed investigation of Ye Tai as soon as possible, and first put him under close surveillance. Now, let's look at the disappearance of Miss Liao Lianfang. I learned from the mouth that Ms. Liao once came out of the Chunfeng Restaurant with a young student. The upstairs of the Chunfeng Restaurant is a dark kiln. Didn’t the two soldiers just come out of the Chunfeng Restaurant to engage in prostitutes? That day I watched the rivers and lakes at the intersection of the T-shaped street in the store. When the entertainer was playing a monkey show, a lady came forward and whispered to Ms. Liao, and Ms. Liao happily followed her. I guess the wife must have told Ms. Liao that her lover, the young man, was waiting for her somewhere. Asked her to meet in the past. Ms. Liao glanced at her adoptive mother hesitantly, and sneaked away, but no one robbed her. As for the identity of the fierce man following behind, it is still difficult to speculate."

Hong Canjun said: "The shopkeeper said that Ms. Liao's lover is a thin young man, but the boy turned out to be a tall man." Di Gongdao: "As for who Ms. Liao's lover is, we can ask Yu Kang himself. He has been in great pain recently. Maybe he knew that Ms. Liao has another lover, so he has been depressed. Now the couple He went away again, and of course his heart was ashamed. I guess he must know something about the young man, but he was ashamed to speak out, and he had unspeakable difficulties in his heart. Hong Liang, go to Zhu Dayuan's house right now and send Kang Chuan Yashe sees me."

Hong Canjun agreed and went to the front yard to prepare the horses.Half an hour later, Hong Canjun brought Kang into the yamen.Di Gong saw that Yu Kang's face was haggard, his spirit was languid, his pale lips were twitching constantly, and his hands and feet were also at a loss.Di Gong said gently: "Yu Kang, sit down. I want you to tell me about your fiancee Liao Lianfang in detail. Tell me, how long have you been engaged?" Yu Kang replied with a trembling voice: "I have been engaged for three years, but... it's just that Lianfang's father intends to refuse the marriage and postpones the marriage time and again. He thinks I'm poor, and my parents didn't leave me any property. I'm worried about Lianfang's marriage. Parents will choose another high school for her."

Di Gongdao: "What do you think might have happened to Miss Lianfang?" Yu Kang's face twitched in pain, "I've been worried...I'm... afraid of her..." Before he finished speaking, he burst into tears. Duke Di suddenly asked: "Are you worried that she and her lover will go far away?" Yu Kang said in astonishment: "No, no, this is absolutely impossible! Lianfang is an ambitious woman. She hates her parents for being poor and loving the rich. She has vowed to be loyal to me again and again. There is a lover. Even if her parents find another high school for her, she will resist to the death."

Di Gongdao: "However, someone saw her coming out of the Spring Breeze Restaurant with a young man a few days before she disappeared. Do you know that the Spring Breeze Restaurant is a dark kiln?" After hearing this, Yu Kang cried out: "It's over, the master knows everything about us." His face suddenly became like a piece of white paper. He twitched for a while, and said intermittently: "Master, Lianfang has committed suicide. I... I can't stop her, I'm a poor coward, I'm a useless person, I killed her." After finishing speaking, he couldn't help but Tears fell like rain.

Di Gong was taken aback, and hurriedly asked: "Yu Kang, if you tell this matter in detail, it will make you feel too sad." Yu Kang wiped away his tears, calmed down a little, and said: "I have been with Lianfang in private for more than half a year. It is only because her parents intend to reject the marriage, and my master Zhu Yuanwai does not agree with our marriage. Master , You know that if Zhu Yuanwai doesn’t come up with money, my marriage can’t be arranged. Lianfang asked me to go to Chunfeng Restaurant that day, and she told me that she was pregnant, and we couldn’t hide our affairs. I was terrified and terrified. If Lianfang's parents find out about this, they will definitely kick her out of the house, and Zhu Yuanwai will definitely fire me. What kind of face do we have in this world? I beg Zhu Yuanwai's mercy once again to fulfill our good deeds and finish the gift early When Zhu Yuanwai heard this, he was furious and called me a shameless person. I secretly wrote to Lianfang, urging her to try to convince her parents. However, Lianfang's parents were more stubborn and unfeeling than Zhu Yuanwai, and they simply refused to admit that I was Son-in-law. —— Lianfang must have committed suicide because she felt hopeless, and I am the only poor person left to survive in this world, master, I... I..."

Yu Kang mourned for a while, weeping uncontrollably. "In the past two days, I have been terrified day and night, afraid that something will happen, and that Lianfang's dead body will be found somewhere. However, this rascal Ye Tai came to blackmail me again, saying that he knew about my tryst with Lianfang. I swallowed my anger and gave him money. Over and over again, he kept making progress, and his desires were hard to fill. Today he came again, asking for money, and even said that I had hidden Lianfang." Di Gong said: "How did Ye Tai know about your tryst with Lianfang? "

Yu Kang replied: "I think he saw us secretly when we went to the Spring Breeze Restaurant. But now I am not afraid of him anymore. I am a dead man. Whether it is good to be ugly, or go to jail and beheaded, I don't have much to worry about." Di Gongdao: "This church has now found out that Miss Lianfang did not commit suicide, but was lured away by gangsters, so far there is no whereabouts." Yu Kang was shocked, and hurriedly asked: "Who? Who tricked her? Where is Lianfang now?" Di Gong said kindly: "Yu Kang, don't be frightened, and don't despair. You have to bite the bullet, don't make the matter of Lianfang public, and don't alarm the gangster who lured Lianfang away. Ye Tailai blackmailed you, you just need to delay the time and make false promises. The Yali will find Miss Lianfang as soon as possible and capture the treacherous gangster, so naturally Ye Tai will spit out the money that has embezzled you. However, in the Kang, I have to teach you a few words here. You and Miss Lianfang are not married yet, but you did such scandalous things that corrupt etiquette. Not only did you dishonor your ancestors, but you also damaged Miss Lianfang's reputation. She disappeared Afterwards, you delayed coming to the court to explain the reasons for the injustice, which delayed the pursuit of the government and aggravated the pain Miss Lianfang suffered. Go back and reflect on yourself with me. ——Miss Lianfang really has a high and a low water, Your crimes are not small. You can go back now, and you will come to the yamen to listen to the order as soon as there is a report, and there must be no mistakes!" Yu Kang kowtowed to the ground, and came out panicked to express his thanks. Di Gongdao: "The mystery of Miss Liao's disappearance can be solved. Ye Tai came across the secrets of Yu Kang and Miss Liao, so he is the biggest suspect in deceiving Miss Liao. And his appearance is very similar to what the dumb boy pointed out. It fits. Now, Ms. Liao will be held in a top-secret place by Ye Tai, and after he satisfies his lust, he may resell her. This scoundrel is so daring, he dares to blackmail Yu Kang." Ma Rong shouted angrily, "Master, order Ye Tai to be arrested and brought to justice!" Di Gong nodded and agreed: "You and Qiao Tai go to Ye's house first, the brothers may be having dinner at the moment, you don't rush in, just wait outside the door. When Ye Tai comes out, you follow him quietly, he must I will go to the place where Miss Liao is hidden, so you can jump in. But you must be careful to protect Miss Liao from harm, and if Ye Tai dares to resist, you might as well give him a proper lesson."