Chapter 183： It’s simply asking for humiliation!

Chapter 183 It’s a shame!

Mr. Ye, who had been silent all this time, now spoke up, "Mr. Guo, please get up first!"

Mr. Guo quickly got off the donkey and stood up staggeringly.

It would be hard for him to let the villagers apologize to him again, and he would bow with shame and leave in despair.

But Mr. Ye said loudly, "Who asked you to leave? Aren't you looking for the murderer who killed your family? Now that you know it's not me, the folks, you won't continue to pursue it? Doesn't that mean that the old gentleman is bullying me, the folks? No one wants to support them, and they want to plot the hot spring valley they worked so hard to build? "

Mr. Guo was embarrassed and quickly shook his head, "No, no, Lord Marquis, I am just confused. It is all a misunderstanding. I have no intentions towards the Hot Spring Valley."

“Then sit down!” Master Ye scolded him coldly, “I will help you find the real murderer today.”

Mr. Guo didn't know why, but he suddenly had the same bad premonition in his heart, and subconsciously refused, "No, I won't bother Mr. Hou."

Unfortunately, Mr. Ye didn't listen to him at all and directly asked everyone, "When you attacked the bandits, how did the bandits look? Were the refugees taking advantage of the chaos to commit murder?"

"No," Li Laosi immediately responded, "Those bandits are all young and strong, and they are very skilled. They are definitely not refugees. Their residences are also temporarily found in the mountains. It is not like they have been entrenched there for a long time, but more like outside. Come here.”

Mr. Ye nodded and asked, "Then in the bandits' den, besides the Guo family and their luggage, did you find any other distressed passers-by, or any property marked by others?"

“No!” Almost half of the villagers echoed this time.

They are also very strange when it comes to this.

"Mr. Ye didn't say anything, and we didn't think much about it. Now that we think about it carefully, the bandit's den is too clean. There aren't even any other corpses around the yard. It seems that only the Guo family was harmed."

"Yes, look at what that means. The men of the Guo family were captured and hung directly from the tree. The children were also thrown directly into the cellar. They were not given any food or drink at all, except for the women. Well, by that! Bandits are No mercy, no hesitation, just kill the Guo family!"

Everyone was talking about it, and they all felt strange when talking about that day.

Mr. Guo’s legs softened and he sat back in the chair, his face as white as paper.

Guo Qing, on the other hand, rolled his eyes wildly and hurriedly defended, "Maybe the bandits were wandering elsewhere. My eldest brother and the others were unlucky and accidentally caught up with them. The bandits were killed by you before they could rob others!"

Saying this, he seemed to have found confidence for himself, and said, "We no longer suspect you of killing people and robbing wealth, but you still want to find someone to throw dirty water on. Isn't it too unkind? I can tell you, I Uncle is not in good health, can you afford to apologize for scaring him?"

Li Laosi snorted coldly, "Now I know I feel sorry for your uncle. Why didn't you stop me when I tried to persuade him to slander us for killing people?"

“That’s it, stop pretending to be a big-tailed wolf! Since we broke it off once, let’s break it up completely today!” Liu Biaotou also scolded loudly, making Guo Qing grit his teeth in anger.

Mr. Ye asked again, "Mr. Guo, your Guo family is a famous scholarly family in Kyoto. Naturally, the family property is rich and there are many servants. Since you are moving south, you must bring a lot of carriages, horses and servants with you, right?"

"But why are there only your son, daughter-in-law and children in the bandit's den, and not a single servant? Do bandits harm people, so they will specially choose to be the master? Isn't there a maid among the servants who is beautiful and won't let them down? Are the bandits interested?"

Mr. Guo’s face turned even paler, and his hands began to tremble uncontrollably.

 Could it be that someone really deliberately harmed his children and grandchildren!

 Guo Qing also saw a thin layer of sweat on his forehead. He held on and shouted, "Maybe the bandits wanted to capture the master and ask for ransom. They just found out that my uncle was in Jiangnan and they killed him out of disappointment."

"This is easy to handle. There are so many servants in the Guo family. It's impossible for none of them to reach Jiangnan alive. If you find one and ask a few questions, it will become clear." Li Laoer suddenly said, "It's impossible to say that there are people near Xindu. If someone stays, let’s go out and inquire tomorrow. The Guo family is so famous, it shouldn’t be difficult to inquire.”

Guo Qing was already wiping sweat in a hurry, thinking how to stop this mud-legged guy from asking, but Mr. Wen said something lightly. "I wanted to buy a servant a few days ago, and I happened to find an old servant of the Guo family. I was afraid that the old gentleman would get emotional, so I didn't plan to mention it, but I didn't expect that it would come in handy today."

Everyone looked at Mr. Wen. Of course the villagers were surprised, but Mr. Liu and his son looked at him with admiration.

Mr. Guo has thought too much. Mr. Wen has been prepared for this and even knows a lot of inside information. He has been hiding it just for his sake.

But he repaid kindness with hatred and took the initiative to come and break all this. He was simply bringing humiliation to himself!

Soon, a servant girl in her thirties was brought up. When she saw Mr. Guo, she threw herself to the ground and burst into tears.

"Old Master, please forgive me, wuwu, it's not that I abandoned my master and ran away, it was those bandits who only picked up the masters and kidnapped them. When we wanted to come forward, the bandits stabbed people with knives. Guo Da, Guo San and others were all hacked to death. , I’m afraid of death, I don’t dare, I can only watch them take away the master, wife and young master!”

The woman is quite conscientious. Maybe this matter has been tormenting her for a long time, and now she told her old master everything.

They were originally on their way. Although they came out late and missed the group, there were still many refugees and the road was very lively.

The bandits seemed to know them. They suddenly rushed out and started killing people, kidnapping people, and stealing money, food, and luggage, and then entered the mountains.

They were really helpless and did not dare to pursue them, so they divided the remaining items and ran away.

No matter how stupid Mr. Guo is, he now knows that his children and grandchildren have been deliberately murdered.

"Who is it? Our Guo family focuses on teaching and educating people, and we have no enemies at all!"

The old man stood up and looked around blankly, like a puppet that had lost its soul.

Mr. Wen sighed, took two steps forward and said, "Old sir, I have something else here. Maybe you can get the answer after reading it."

He glanced at Guo Qing and put his hand into his arms, but before he could take out the thing, Guo Qing couldn't hold on any longer and suddenly scurried out like a rabbit.

It's a pity that Li Laosi and Liu Biaotou are both good players. They stretched out their feet almost at the same time, tripping him to the ground and throwing him hard in front of the threshold.

Guo Qing had two of his front teeth knocked out, his lips and nose were broken, and his face was covered in blood.

The villagers reacted and rushed forward.

One kicked him, the other pulled his arm. In the blink of an eye, he beat Guo Qing half to death and tied him up.

“Is this kid harming others? Otherwise, why would he run away?”

"I guess he's right. He's jumping around so happily that I think he has bad intentions."

“Hurry up and tie him up, don’t let him escape!”

Guo Qing was frightened and shouted for help, "Uncle, help me. I just feel sorry for my brother and the others, and I want to find my enemies. Yes, yes, I also want to go home and put incense on the memorial tablets of my brother and them!"

Unfortunately, at this time, no one believed him.

Mr. Wen took out a few lists and put them in front of Mr. Guo.

(End of this chapter)