Ripe Town 繁城之下 Episode 8

Seeing Zhang Gui hiding Liu Qi Qi, Lu Zhong immediately had an idea and signaled Bao Sheng to watch Liu Qi Qi lying on the hospital bed. Zhao Liang was alone. Lu Zhong immediately broke Zhao Liang's neck. Zhang Gui saw this , hurriedly responded and solved Bao Sheng. Lu Zhi witnessed the entire incident.

After the news of Cheng Yizhi's tragic death reached the government, the method used by Xia Captou to deal with the monkey demon was exposed. Master Nie Tai was angry and demoted Xia Captou to a policeman and sent him back to Zhe County. Seeing Xia Baotou's loss of power, all the police officers were bent on retaliating and surrounded him with boards. Lu San blocked him at every turn.

Qu Sangen came forward to mediate, saying that it was not worthwhile to beat Cap Xia to death with a stick and lose his job due to a lawsuit. It was better to think long term and fight back bit by bit. Jin Er took the lead and agreed to keep the count of the blame Xia Captou deserved. Qu Sangen then suggested to Capt. Xia that they should convert the number of boards into silver coins. The cops took the money and both parties were happy.

Xia Captou could only agree, and just then he realized that all his busy work was within Qu Sangen's plan. He didn't know whether he was happy or worried for a moment. Seeing that the relationship between the three of them had eased, Song Chen signaled that Xia Captou would not have to do ordinary errands in the future. Just follow him. Lu San is good at tracking and was assigned to follow Zhang Jizu.

After Cheng Yizhi's death, all clues were interrupted. It could only be determined that the tragic death of the three people was related to the Lu family's massacre, and the ownership of the Lu family's property and several servants were missing. Leng Guier analyzed that in addition to Chen Wang who threw himself into the river, Lu Zhi, Zhang Gui, and chef You Er should still be in Jing County, but they were anonymous or changed their identities. In order to find clues, Leng Guier came up with a way to offer a high reward.

Feng Kechui set the location at Wu Lei Zhai, and people came to provide clues one after another. Gao Shicong's father also queued up to receive the reward, but he did provide a valuable clue. Twenty years ago, the Lu family chef You Er often cooked pork in his own house. Ordering meat from a stall, they haven't seen each other since the Lu family's fire. It wasn't until five years later that Gao Shicong's father delivered meat to Jade House and discovered that the owner of Jade House was You Er, the chef of the Lu family, but he had changed his name and was called Niu Buyei. .

Zhang Jizu and the mysterious man were fishing by the river, talking about who the next bait would be, and then went to Jade House to look for Niu BuTi. The waiter said that Niu BuTi had gone to Cuihua House. Zhang Jizu left immediately, followed by Lu San.

Niu BuTi hammered Lin Siniang. Without the fire that broke out gold and jade 20 years ago, the two would not be as prosperous and wealthy as they are today. Lin Siniang said that the fire had nothing to do with her and she had not left Cuihua Building at that time. Niu BuTi reminded that the second son of the Lu family, Lu Jinxin, left drunk with Lin Siniang at Cuihua House, so it was difficult to shirk the responsibility. He advised Lin Siniang not to take chances, and Lin Siniang could only resign herself to fate.

Niu BuTi reminded Lin Siniang that the tragic deaths of Leng Wuji, Mrs. Wang, and Cheng Yizhi were all related to the Lu family. Especially since he was relatively close to Chen Wang, who had drowned himself in the river, the two of them were likely to become the targets of the murderer.

Niu Buyei made such a general analysis, and mainly wanted to find out whether Leng Wuji told Lin Siniang any other clues when he closed the case for the Lu family. Lin Siniang said that Leng Wuji had never mentioned it to herself, and it was the first time she heard many things from Niu Buyei's mouth. arrive.

The reward hunt caused a sensation in the entire county. Song Chen also went to Wuleizhai to listen. Yue Banxian, who once provided clues to the Weizhi County to catch the monkey demon, also came to search for the reward and asked Feng Kechui if he knew about the tragedy of the Lu family's annihilation. Besides Lu Zhi, In addition to Zhang Gui and You Er, there is a fourth person. How much silver can he get? Feng Kezhui said that as long as there is credible evidence, he will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, but it cannot be an unknown person like a cat or a dog. Yue Banxian smiled strangely.

Lu San saw with his own eyes that Zhang Jizu brought Niu Buyi into Xue Juren's house. Leng Guier guessed that Xue Juren was probably Lu Zhi.

The next day, Niu BuTi drove a carriage to a neighboring county to sell vegetables with great fanfare. Song Chen signaled Lu San to stop following Zhang Jizu and changed his name to Niu BuTi. Halfway through, a man in black suddenly attacked Niu BuTi. Zhang Jizu and Liu Shiqi suddenly appeared from the sedan on the carriage. They fought with the man in black. The man in black was defeated and took out a pistol and wounded Zhang. Gui, turned around and fled.

Niu Buyan was taken back to the county government office for questioning. When asked if he could see the killer's face clearly, Niu Buyan only saw that he was wearing a bamboo hat and a big beard. Song Chen listened to the interrogation and guessed that he should be responsible for the murder of Leng Wuji. The same person bought the millstone. Niu Buyan was very good at pacing, deliberately avoiding questions about the murder and focusing on rare ingredients, and Wei Zhixian also listened with interest.

It turned out that early in the morning, a note appeared at the door of the county government office, stuck on the wall with a dagger, which stated that Niu Buyei would escape from the city. After this commotion, Niu Buyei was temporarily trapped in the county town. Song Chen and Qu Sangen began to suspect that there was an insider of the murderer within the county government.

Niu Buyan was brought back to Xue Juren's house by Zhang Gui. Niu Buyan said that there were too many secrets twenty years ago and the secrets could not withstand discussion. Xue Juren replied that every secret has its use.

The next day, Yue Banxian posted special missing person notices all over the streets. It was an acrostic poem and asked old friends to meet at the same place at the second watch. When the appointed time arrived, Qu Sangeng and Gao Shicong lay in wait for the survivors of Lu Zhai to appear. On the other side, a beautiful woman had her throat cut in Tsui Wah Building.