Chapter 64 Letter Sender

Heifu walked in the narrow alleys of Chaoyangli, with houses on both sides connected to each other. People often came in and out along the way, some carrying buckets to fetch water, or visiting neighbors. There was no farm work to do in the winter, and the houses were almost repaired, so the people seemed much more relaxed.

He met many people along the way. When they saw Heifu's red hat and red clothes, their faces froze and they hurriedly bowed to him and greeted him.

Heifu did not ask much, but kept a kind smile and nodded to the people all the way.

Although the villagers in Xiyangli once left him with a very bad impression, not everyone was like this. The village community was generally harmonious and friendly. If no one instigated, the villagers were very simple. Jealousy was pure jealousy, respect and love were pure respect and love, and joy, anger, sorrow and fear were all expressed in the heart, and they rarely concealed.

However, Heifu found that the people in Chaoyangli were still quite afraid of him, the head of the pavilion. Just now, a four or five-year-old child with pigtails bit the nail of his thumb and stared at the rope and dagger on his waist curiously. His mother immediately scolded him and quickly pulled the child's hand to make him turn his head away!

When passing by Heifu, the woman was also hesitant, holding the child in her arms and apologizing repeatedly.

Heifu took the initiative to let them pass first, and then shook his head helplessly: "Is it because my predecessor was too arrogant and gave people in Chaoyangli a bad impression?"

In fact, even in later generations, ordinary people would be a little timid when they saw the police, after all, they were violent law enforcement units. And Heifu is now the "heavenly dog" of the Qin Dynasty, what later generations call the "court hawk dog". Qin law is strict. In the eyes of people at that time, it is generally not a good thing for the pavilion chief to visit, and it may be a disaster of ruining the family.

Heifu came here to arrest someone.

After walking for a while, he stopped outside a house in the east of Chaoyangli.

This is a typical public official's house. The yard is not big, with two entrances in front and back. The gate is not locked, and there is no wall. It is surrounded by a half-person-high fence. Through the fence, Heifu can still see the situation inside.

There is a tall yellow pear tree planted in the yard. Now there are only a few dead leaves. Heifu's eyes narrowed. The anonymous letter was made of yellow pear wood...

There was a chirping sound. Heifu looked and saw that there was a chicken coop on the left side of the tree. A woman in her twenties wearing a linen skirt was holding a winnowing basket and spreading the rice bran and vegetable leaves in the yard with one hand, letting the chickens in the chicken coop come out to peck at them. When she fed the fluffy yellow chickens, she laughed happily.

However, this peaceful moment was broken by the uninvited guest in red cap and red clothes outside the door...

When the woman looked up, she saw Hei Fu standing in front of the door. She screamed and accidentally dropped the dustpan in her hand to the ground, and the rice bran was scattered all over the ground!

The chickens immediately came over with their wings flapping, pecking at her feet desperately, and their sharp beaks even pecked at the woman's cloth shoes, but she was indifferent, just her lips trembled slightly, and she shouted into the house.

"Liang...Liang Ren..."

"What's wrong!?"

The man in the house came out immediately after hearing his wife's scream. He was more than seven feet tall and wore thick winter clothes. In addition, their family could afford to raise so many chickens, which showed that their family was well-off. It was a pity that the male owner looked sick, his face was thin, his voice was weak, and he had a little cough.

Hei Fu saw that he was holding a knife in his right hand and something in his left hand, so he became alert and put his hand on the hilt of the sword.

At this time, the male host also saw Hei Fu, the two-foot wooden tablet in his hand, the rope around his waist, and his hand on the hilt of the sword, and he was stunned.

Heifu nodded at him: "I am the head of Huyang Pavilion. Are you Quji, a public official in Chaoyang?"

"I am Quji." The man nodded and forced a smile: "I wonder what the head of the pavilion wants to see me for?"

Heifu glanced at the woman standing blankly beside the chicken coop. It was not good to arrest someone in front of his wife, so he said: "You should come out and talk."

The man seemed to understand something and nodded palely. He threw the knife in his right hand on the ground, walked towards his wife, stuffed the thing in his left hand into her hand, and then put his hand on the woman's belly tenderly and said softly:

"Stay at home, I'll be back soon."

Heifu noticed that it was a wooden figurine, which had been carved for the most part, with a nose and eyes, and the woman's belly was slightly bulging, as if she was pregnant...

He loosened his hand holding the hilt of the sword.

The head of the pavilion who destroyed the family, the official who exterminated the family.

At this moment, Heifu suddenly felt a little regretful. He regretted not listening to Lixian and burning the anonymous letter to get away with it...

The current plot seemed different from what he imagined. He didn't seem to need to be mysterious anymore. The suspect had been basically identified, but the writer didn't play the role of a clown and panic in front of him.

He watched the man and his wife say goodbye reluctantly, and hesitated. If he turned around and left at this time, would it be too late?

But when he turned around, Lixian and Jiying appeared in the distance, rushing towards this side.

It was too late.

At this point, it was too late for Heifu to stop. Not to mention that he boasted in front of the people in the pavilion, just say that in Qin law, not knowing who wrote the letter is one thing, knowing who it is and deliberately condoning it is another. If Heifu is soft-hearted, I'm afraid he won't be able to keep the red cap on his head.

Hei Fu sighed secretly. At this time, the man had already left the yard, closed the door carefully, glanced at his wife again, and then bowed heavily to Hei Fu!

"Do you know why I came?" Hei Fu tried to make his tone sound less cold.

"I know..."

The man smiled bitterly and stretched out his hand: "I was wrong, I shouldn't have been lucky, Pavilion Chief, tie me up."

"No need."

The man's wife was still crying in the fence, Hei Fu walked to Qu Ji, patted his shoulder, and said loudly: "Don't be nervous, I just want you to go to the pavilion to ask a question! That's all!"

Although anonymous reporting is a crime, the crime is only fined three grades, equivalent to more than 4,000 yuan, which is not very serious. With the financial resources of this family, they should be able to pay it.

Of course, the premise is that this person did not make any malicious accusations in the letter...

...

Two hours later, in Huyang Pavilion, in front of Heifu, Lixian and others, Gongshi Quji had already explained everything...

Including how he saw Ji Ying go to Chaoyangli to deliver letters every three or two days, and thus came up with the idea of finding an opportunity to anonymously post a letter. Including how he observed the style of letters in the hands of the head of the village and Tiandian on the day of the La Festival, and cut two wooden tablets with yellow pear wood in the yard, and wrote the contents on them, but did not write his name...

"That's what happened. I was also at the home of the Gongshi who had a son, hiding the wooden tablets in my arms, waiting for an opportunity. When the postman put his backpack next to the toilet and went to the toilet, I followed him. Seeing that no one was paying attention, I threw the letter in."

Quji was not in good health. He caught a cold on the way here, and he coughed as he spoke. Heifu asked someone to put his winter clothes on him, and asked Pu Zhang to heat up the brazier and put it next to him. Only then did Quji feel better and told the whole story in a fragmented manner.

Hei Fu asked Li Xian to record his interrogation process on a wooden tablet. He pointed to the letter on the table and asked, "Qu Ji, you did all these things just to post an anonymous letter. Why did you do this? What is written in this letter? Who is involved?"

Maybe it was because of his excitement, but Qu Ji started coughing again. After drinking a sip of hot water handed over by Xiao Tao, he smiled bitterly and said, "Since the letter is in the hands of the head of the pavilion, why don't you open it and read it yourself? Why do you let me say it again?"

Dongmen Bao, who was seeking thieves, had already sent the prisoners back from the village. As soon as he entered the door, he heard that Hei Fu had successfully arrested the person who sent the letter. He was very excited. He always believed that he should not be too polite to the suspect. He was immediately angry when he heard this and slammed the table and said, "You! You dare to be stubborn!"

"Bao! Don't scare him."

Hei Fu stopped Dongmen Bao, held the wooden tablet in his hand, and began to slowly cut the tightly tied knot with a knife in his left hand...

Except for Yu Liang who was sent outside to guard the door, Dongmen Bao, Li Xian, Ji Ying, Pu Zhang, and Xiao Tao, who were inside, could not help but stretch their bodies, sit on their knees and look, curious about the contents of the letter.

Finally, Hei Fu cut the knot and slowly opened the wooden slips. The upper slip was blank, while the lower slip was densely written with black seal characters...

After a glance, Hei Fu's face changed immediately.

"Qu Ji!" He raised his head and ordered seriously: "Is what you reported true!?"

Qu Ji said weakly on the straw mat: "Every word is true, absolutely true..."

With a "click", Hei Fu closed the wooden slips, his mood was excited, and his eyes were bright!

He never expected that a small anonymous letter would involve such a big case!

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