After Bao Zheng gave the order, he looked at Hua Lang and asked, "What are we investigating next?" ”

Hua Lang frowned slightly, and said, "Let's go and see Bai Laoba, his seventh brother is dead, and I don't see him coming to guard the spirit, it's really strange!" ”

As soon as Hua Lang said this, Bao Zheng and the others noticed something unusual.

Bai Laoba's home is not as good as Bai Qiye's home, but it is not much worse, and it can be counted in the village, after Bao Zheng and others reported their names, they were immediately led into the living room by the descendants of Bai Laoba's family, and a few of them just sat down in the living room, a middle-aged man in his forties and fifties hurriedly ran over, he looked thin, but his eyes were unusually big, and he entered the living room and hurriedly saluted Bao Zheng and others, and then got up and asked: "I don't know why Lord Bao came to my small family?" ”

Bao Zheng didn't beat around the bush and said, "You should already know about Bai Qiye's murder, right?" ”

Bai Laoba nodded again and again: "Zhilu Dao, just now the people in the house came to tell me." ”

Bao Zheng frowned slightly, and asked, "Since you know that the seventh master of the road is dead, why don't you go and see him at the end?" ”

"This ......" Bai Laoba hesitated slightly, and only said after a long time: "Master Bao doesn't know, I and Seventh Brother are not brothers, he is my cousin, when our grandfather died, the family was divided, at that time our two families had some conflicts, so they haven't been in contact for a long time, he suddenly fell into the well and died, I am also very strange, just because the misunderstanding was not resolved before, it is easy for me not to go to their house." ”

After listening to Bai Laoba's words, Hualang, Bao Zheng and others understood what was going on, but after understanding, they could not rule out Bai Laoba's suspicion, so Bao Zheng looked at Bai Laoba and asked: "After this Bai Qiye dies, are you going to run for election as the village chief?" ”

Bai Laoba's face changed slightly, and then he suddenly smiled: "Where did Master Bao hear the rumors?" ”

"Don't worry about what you heard from there for the time being, just say yes or no!"

Bai Laoba smiled a little embarrassedly, and then nodded: "Don't hide it from Lord Bao, after hearing that Brother Qi died, I am indeed trying to find a way to become the village head, we are a small village here, and the appointment of the village chief is very arbitrary, as long as a few elders in the village agree, so after Brother Qi died, I immediately sent gifts to those elders, but Lord Bao, although I have the heart to be the village head, I didn't kill anyone, this is the conscience of heaven and earth." ”

Seeing that Bai Laoba said so frankly, Bao Zheng and Hua Lang hesitated for a while, did he say all these words, did he want to win their trust?

At this time, Bao Zhengwei was silent and said, "Although I know that it is not easy for you to provide the alibi certificate on the night Bai Qiye was killed, if you can really provide it, it is naturally the best, do you have it?" ”

Bai Laoba shook his head as if embarrassed: "It was so late, I was already asleep, and I really couldn't provide an alibi." ”

"Then who do you think is likely to kill Bai Qiye?" Bao Zheng was very helpless, so he had to ask such a question to try.

Bai Laoba thought for a while and said: "To be honest, because Brother Qi is the village head, he is very arrogant in our place, and he has offended a lot of people, so I think there are many people who may kill him, but I just want me to tell who it is, but I can't say this." ”

Bao Zheng had nothing to ask, so he was about to leave, but at this time, Hua Lang suddenly asked: "Just now you said that there was a conflict with Bai Qiye's family when you split up, what's going on?" ”

Hearing Hua Lang ask this question, Bai Lao Ba hurriedly defended: "Dude, it was all more than ten years ago, do you think that because of that incident, I will kill Seventh Brother?" Wronged, there is no such thing! ”

The corners of Hua Lang's mouth twitched slightly, and said, "You don't have to be in such a hurry to justify, I don't suspect that you killed someone because of that incident, I'm just curious to know about it, so you can talk about it." ”

Bai Laoba heard Hua Lang say this, his expression suddenly calmed down a lot, and then said: "At that time, grandpa was very fond of Seventh Brother's father, so he left more than half of the family property to Seventh Brother and his family, but left very little for my father and several uncles, because of this incident, the elders of several families were stiff, and they didn't have any dealings with Seventh Brother's family at the very least." ”

"So your family had very little at that time?"

Bai Laoba nodded: "That's right, it's pitiful, if it weren't for my father's good management, my family wouldn't be able to have the scale it has now!" ”

Hua Lang looked around Bai Laoba's house, although it was not as big as Bai Qiye's mansion, it was also very good.

After reading it, Hua Lang didn't ask any more questions, and got up to say goodbye.

After leaving Bai Laoba's house, they immediately rushed to Sun Ti's residence, which was a courtyard enclosed only by a fence, elegant and clean, quite literati, and the courtyard was surrounded by green bamboo, and the rustle of bamboo leaves was heard when the wind blew.

Seeing these bamboos, Hua Lang couldn't help but think of what the great writer Su Shi once said, he would rather eat no meat than live without bamboo, and if he wants to come to Sun Ti to plant so many bamboos at home, he must be an elegant and light person.

If he is such a person, then he will not have the heart to compete for the position of village chief, right?

Full of curiosity, Hua Lang and they knocked on Sun Ti's door, and after a while, a middle-aged man in his forties walked out, he was slender, dressed in white, and his whole body was quite literati. ”

Bao Zheng and the others reported their names, and Sun Qi was suddenly startled, and led them to speak in the inner hall.

Everyone sat down in the living room, and Sun Ti asked, "Lord Bao came to me, but for the sake of Bai Qiye's killing?" ”

Bao Zheng nodded: "Presumably Master Sun has heard about this!" "Bao Zheng is still very polite to the reader, called Sun Wai Sun Master.

Sun Qi nodded: "Some villagers passed by me before, and there were some discussions, and I understood a little, but I don't know who will kill Bai Qiye!" ”

This is the reason why Bao Zheng and Hua Lang came to find Sun Cry, but they were asked by Sun Cry first, Bao Zheng coughed dryly, and then asked: "Master Sun is extremely famous here, if Bai Qiye is killed, it is very likely that you will be the village head, right?" ”

Sun Qi was startled at first, then returned to his normal expression, and said: "What Master Bao said is true, if Bai Qiye is killed, the possibility of me becoming the village chief is indeed very high, but I have no intention of fame and fortune, so even if Bai Qiye is killed, I will not fight to be the village head." ”

"But what if the elders of the village let you be there?"