Chapter 85: Discovery
"Let's start the search!"
Xiao Daoyun put his hands behind his back and spoke as he looked at Lord Wang and the yamen guards.
"excuse me!"
Lord Wang spoke, and with a wave of his hand, more than a dozen yamen guards began to search the Xiao Mansion, and the common people who followed him in all stood in the courtyard.
Because there were so many people, some of the people lined up outside the gate. Six women and their families stood in the courtyard, their faces still looking extremely miserable, as if revisiting the old place reminded them of their past tragic experiences.
"Reporting to you, sir, no !" a yamen guard reported.
"Reporting to the lord, no suspicious tools were found in the west wing!" another yamen guard reported.
"Reporting to the lord, no suspicious tools were found in the garden!" A thin yamen guard reported.
"Reporting to you, sir, no suspicious tools were found in the woodshed!" A slightly fat guard from the yamen reported.
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Then, more than a dozen guards from the yamen reported back one by one that no suspicious tools were found during the search.
"Now the truth is out!" Xiao Daoyun smiled slightly, looked at Lord Wang and said, "I am the one who was wrongly accused, and they were instructed by someone with ulterior motives!" As he spoke, he pointed to the six women in the courtyard.
"See, I told you that Mr. Xiao was wronged!" A man let out a long breath and spoke.
"That's right, we really wronged Mr. Xiao. How could a man like him do such a beastly thing?" An old lady spoke while carrying a vegetable basket.
"That's what I think. Mr. Xiao looks kind and would never do such a thing. Who knows if some shameless person has wronged Mr. Xiao!" An old lady carrying eggs analyzed.
"These kids don't look like the kind of people who can deceive others!" said the old man in his seventies.
"That's right, these women's faces are not deceiving. Besides, who would hide tools at home? They must have been dealt with long ago!" The man with a pointed chin and monkey cheeks stroked his mustache and said confidently.
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The people's voice changed from attacking Mr. Xiao to sympathizing with him, and they believed that Mr. Xiao would never do such a thing.
Now that Mr. Xiao has clarified that he did not have any tools to commit the crime, how can we prove that he is the one who committed such a beastly act?
Lord Wang turned his head and looked at the six women, then walked over and asked, "What else do you have to say?"
With a "gulp", Guo Rong knelt on the ground, and the remaining five women followed suit. Guo Rong said with tears in her eyes: "My Lord, we little girls did not lie to wrongly accuse Mr. Xiao!"
"Your Excellency is wise!"
Several people kowtowed again and again to show that they were indeed the victims and had not wronged Mr. Xiao.
"If that's the case, why don't you have any tools?" Lord Wang frowned and said, "If you can't find it, you will be convicted of false accusation and thrown into jail!"
"Sir, there is evidence!" Guo Rong raised his head, looked at Lord Wang and said, "Every time I was tortured, it was in Mr. Xiao's room. You can take a look at his room!" As he spoke, he pointed to the end of the corridor.
When Xiao Daoyun heard this, he immediately laughed out loud, walked up to him, looked at Guo Rong and said, "You guys really won't cry until you see the coffin. At this time, you are still talking nonsense and slandering me!"
"I don't have it. If you don't believe me, just go and take a look!" Guo Rong quickly shook his head and spoke to Lord Wang.
When Lord Wang heard this, he turned to look at Mr. Xiao and asked, "What do you mean?"
"Look, we must look!" Xiao Daoyun nodded and said, "No matter what, today we must prove Xiao's innocence!" As he said that, he took everyone to his room.
When they reached the door, Xiao Daoyun stood at the door, looked at everyone and said, "There are some valuable books and vases in Xiao's room. Be careful when searching and don't damage them!"
"Yes!" the yamen guard answered.
With a "creak!" sound, Xiao Daoyun pushed open the door, stepped in, and then made a gesture of invitation: "Please come in!"
"Be careful, don't destroy Mr. Xiao's room!" Lord Wang did not go in, but stood at the door and spoke to a dozen yamen guards.
"Yes, sir!" A dozen yamen guards walked in and began to search Xiao Daoyun's room.
With a "creaky" sound, a yamen guard opened the cabinet beside the bed, looked inside, and found a black object underneath. He lowered his head, reached out and took the black object in his hand, then took it out, and only then could he see clearly what the black object was.
A black branding iron, about ten feet long, very light, with a dark brown handle. On the other end of the iron is a square mark with four large characters on it.
It belongs to Xiao!
The yamen guard was shocked. Isn't this the tool used to commit the crime?
"Sir, I have discovered something!" The guard turned his head and spoke.
His voice was not loud, but it was like thunder. Xiao Daoyun, who was smiling just now, changed his expression instantly. He turned his head and looked at the Yanmen guard. Lord Wang outside the door was also startled and hurried in: "Show me the evidence!"
"Yes!" The yamen guard walked up to Lord Wang and handed the branding iron to him with both hands.
"That's it!" Guo Rong was shocked when he saw the branding iron and screamed. The other five women also screamed and pointed at the branding iron in Lord Wang's hand.
"This is impossible!" Xiao Daoyun's forehead was covered with sweat, and he quickly shouted: "I have never seen this thing!"
Lord Wang held the soldering iron in his hand and examined it carefully. It was not a new thing, and there was black charred flesh on the end of the soldering iron, which showed that it had been used.
"Sir, we have discovered something!" At this time, another Yanmen guard took out a whip from under Xiao Daoyun's bed.
Now Xiao Daoyun's face turned completely dark.
"Sir, he used this whip to beat us and abuse us!" Guo Rong looked at the whip in the hands of the yamen guard and screamed, and tears flowed out again.
"This is impossible, I have never used this thing and it is not mine!" Xiao Daoyun said loudly as he looked at the whip presented by the yamen guards.
Lord Wang had a serious expression at this time. He looked at the branding iron and whip in his hands. He did not answer, but said: "Continue to search carefully, and don't let go of anything suspicious!"
"yes!"
"Damn it, it's obvious that you colluded to frame me!" Xiao Daoyun's face looked a little ferocious. He pointed at the six women who were crying beside him and shouted.
"Xiao Daoyun, watch your words!" Lord Wang glared at Xiao Daoyun and spoke. The word "Xiao Daoyun" made Xiao Daoyun stunned. He did not expect that Lord Wang, who was always timid in front of him, dared to speak to him so loudly!
Could it be that he was colluding with them to frame me?
At this time, Xiao Daoyun looked at Lord Wang with a different look.
"Sir, I have discovered something!"
