Abandoned by the best children? I just take out the space

Chapter 2066: Guilty Conscience

After all, it would be dangerous for them, an orphan and a widow, to face the farmers.

Wan Shufang didn't say this, but Chen Changli could understand it. He frowned and said, "Okay, come back with us. We will take you to the police tomorrow morning."

"Thank you, sir. Thank you, madam."

The woman kowtowed repeatedly, and the two children followed her example and thanked her. Looking at this simple family of three, Wan Shufang felt a little touched, and always felt that they would not do anything to lie.

She subconsciously looked up at the farmer and saw a flash of panic in his eyes. Wan Shufang's eyes froze and thousands of thoughts came to her mind.

The two men took the woman and the child back and settled them in the inn. The next morning, they took her to the government office to report the matter and verify it.

But because the woman only reported the matter to the authorities based on a dream, the government was unwilling to pay any attention to her. They thought that what she said was unsolvable and wanted to send her away.

Seeing this, Chen Changli directly took out the token. These people were familiar with the token of the Duke's Mansion, and hurriedly went to call the county magistrate.

The county magistrate came hurriedly and saw Chen Changli and Wan Shufang coming back. He smiled apologetically and said, "Sir, Madam, do you have any instructions for me now that you are back?"

Looking at the smile on the county magistrate's face, Chen Changli had a cold expression and slightly opened his thin lips.

"Nothing, I just met a woman who wanted to report to the police. As the official who is the father of the people, no matter what kind of case it is, I should examine it instead of just driving the person away."

The warning in these words was too obvious. Even though the county magistrate was dumb, he understood it. He subconsciously glared at the guards and said, "Tell me, what did you do to cause the Duke to misunderstand you?"

"Sir, we...we didn't do anything. It's just that this woman came to report to the police..." The guard explained the cause and effect of the incident tremblingly.

"Because of a dream?"

The county magistrate frowned and looked up at the woman. He wanted to scold her, but when he thought of Chen Changli and Wan Shufang supporting her, he forced himself to hold back.

"Your Excellency is right. I will send someone to investigate right away." He looked at the woman and said calmly, "Tell me everything you know."

"Yes, I obey your command."

The woman smiled happily and started to tell the story immediately. Just as the guard said, it was all because of a dream. The county magistrate also thought it was nonsense.

But under pressure from Chen Changli and Wan Shufang, he still sent people to search the farmers' homes.

Seeing the soldiers surrounding the yard, the farmer and his wife panicked and stood in front of the soldiers: "Sir... Sir, why are you here?"

"Someone has reported to the authorities that you are taking human lives lightly. We are here to search under orders." The officers and soldiers took out their tokens and were about to go in, but were stopped by the farmers.

"Sir, sir, this... My child has been sick recently and has just fallen asleep. This search will definitely wake him up. The child has had difficulty sleeping in recent days. Can you be flexible, sir?" The farmer said nice things and stuffed silver into the hands of the officers and soldiers.

But this time, Chen Changli, Wan Shufang and the county magistrate were all there, so the soldiers dared not take his money. They quickly pushed it back and said righteously, "The government is conducting a search, and we cannot disobey."

Hearing this, the farmer was slightly stunned, then looked behind the officer, and the moment he saw the woman, his eyes almost spit fire.

"It's you again, you vicious woman. Why do you have to slander our innocent family?"

"If you are innocent, why don't you dare let people search you?" The woman looked at him coldly and retorted bluntly. She had just seen the farmer stuffing money into his pocket.

"Sir, Madam, he just gave money to the soldiers. He must have something to hide if he tried to stop us."

"Your Excellency the County Magistrate." Chen Changli spoke calmly. The County Magistrate immediately understood and waved his hand. The bailiffs pushed the farmer couple aside and broke in to search.

According to the woman's dream, several people opened the cellar and found a skeleton inside.

The clothes on the skeleton have not completely decayed, and it is vaguely recognizable that they are the styles that were popular ten years ago...

"Brother...my poor brother!" The woman burst into tears, ran to the bones, carefully picked up the bones, and looked very sad.

Her cries could be heard throughout the cellar.

Seeing this, Wan Shufang frowned, took a step forward, squatted down and observed the skeleton.

"Look at the corpse, she really died ten years ago." As she said this, Wan Shufang glanced at the woman with some sympathy in her eyes.

The woman pointed at the skeletal hand and cried sadly: "Madam, this is my brother. He has six fingers since he was born. The government can also find out about this."

"Also, this amulet is what I asked for my brother..." She picked up a black amulet from her tattered clothes. A word could be vaguely seen embroidered on it.

It should be a man's name...

"I didn't expect there were corpses hidden there. Come, capture these two criminals!"

As soon as the county magistrate gave the order, the yamen runners immediately came over with the farmers and made them kneel in front of the county magistrate. Seeing the bones being discovered, the two were very panicked, but they still said stubbornly: "Sir, I am innocent. I don't know why there is a body here."

"We haven't used this cellar for many years. Please, sir, check it out!"

The farmer couple kowtowed and begged for mercy, refusing to admit their mistake. The woman was so angry that she wanted to rush up and beat them up to vent her anger for her brother.

Perhaps seeing what she was thinking, Wan Shufang grabbed her wrist and said calmly, "Such a person is not worth your effort. Believe in the government, they will definitely give you justice."

After all, if she hits someone, she will be punished.

The woman knew this very well. She had a child and could not be punished. She could only suppress her anger and cry as she looked at the corpse.

Seeing that she had persuaded the woman, Wan Shufang stopped talking and carefully examined the body. During the examination, she found a crack on the skull of the body.

There was a hint of coldness in her eyes, and she said in a cold voice: "Sir County Magistrate, there is a crack on this man's skull. It is obvious that he was hit to death by a heavy object and then the body was dumped here."

"Since they are unwilling to admit it, then torture them."

Hearing this, the two kneeling men were scared half to death and their faces turned pale. Seeing that the matter was completely exposed, they collapsed to the ground and finally confessed all their crimes.

"Sir, I know I was wrong. I was just bewildered for a moment. Please have mercy on me!" The farmer couple crawled to the county magistrate's feet on their knees, pulling at his trouser legs and begging for mercy, as if they really regretted their actions.

But Wan Shufang knew that they were just afraid.

Before the county magistrate could speak, she came over and said in a deep voice, "Since you have confessed your guilt, you should explain clearly what happened that year."

"Yes, yes, we said it, we all said it." The farmer nodded hurriedly, lost in his memories.

"Ten years ago, this man came from another place and passed by here, so he asked us to stay for one night. But that day, we had an argument, and I accidentally... I hit him to death."

"I was afraid of being held accountable, so I hastily buried him in the cellar. Nothing happened for ten years. Who knows..."

Who knew that a sister would suddenly appear and avenge him.