Baiyitang and others exchanged glances with each other, and then Song Yan said after coughing softly: "To be honest, we have a brother who is involved in this matter, called Zheng Yu."

"Oh? Tell me carefully!" Li Ling immediately became interested. When he seemed to hesitate when he saw the few people, he nodded at Li Moyun next to him. The latter understood and closed the door and guarded him. In this way, except for the people in the hall, no one could know what they were talking about.

Seeing this, it was really hard for a few people to hide it anymore. At that moment, Song Yan Su said: "Sir, I don't know that our Baiyitang was a Jianghu Gang before the disaster in Huguang. In fact, we have always been doing serious business, such as transporting goods for people, guarding the house and protecting the hospital, etc., relying on strength and ability to make a living.

"Among them, keeping business for some wealthy families is the most important business. In the Xiangfan area, the Ma family in Xinye County is also our big customer, so there are brothers who listen to it in his farm all year round, and Zheng Yu is one of them."

Li Ling nodded in agreement and signaled the other party to continue. Song Yan paused and said, "In the past, his Ma family was famous, but because of the official's care, he did not dare to offend him. But more than a year ago, Ma Bangwen, who had been an official outside, suddenly had an accident. As a result, things changed. The local area of ​​Xinye, and even strong people from other places, kept coming to the door to provoke, and there were many frictions.

"Mr. Li, you should know that the Ma family all live in a village outside the county town... This arrangement was naturally very good in the past, but once they lose their power, it makes it difficult for them to protect themselves. Especially when some thieves think about the Ma family's property, they become the target of public criticism, but it is difficult to even protect themselves.

"The Ma family had already planned to go back to the county town first, but at that time, the legitimate grandson in the family was tied up. The robber also left a note and asked the Ma family to use 50,000 taels of silver to redeem the people. If it were in the past, the Ma family would have reported the government to the government and found the thief to take his life, but because their backers had fallen, they would have squeezed out more oil and water, so in the end, they chose to compromise.

"It was just because I didn't have the courage to trade with those thieves and still trusted our brothers in Baiyitang, so I simply handed over the money to us and asked Zheng Yu to exchange them for the hostages.

"I didn't expect that Zheng Yu took a few brothers away that day. At night, a tragedy occurred in the Ma family's village, and more than 60 people in the family were killed. When Zheng Yu took his brothers to the designated location of the thief, he also encountered an ambush. As a result, not only did he not rescue the person, but he left Yinzi and several brothers there, and only Zheng Yu escaped with injuries..."

After talking about this, Li Ling looked even more serious: "So according to your speculation, is this what people in the world do? And in order to be foolproof, he even used the strategy of luring the tiger away from the mountain?"

"That's true, the other party's methods are extremely experienced. The bandits who robbed families in a very long time cannot do it." Song Yan nodded. Then Tang Fan added: "And, after this, our Baiyitang was attacked for no reason. Regardless of the personnel, they all looked like people from the Jianghu. What surprised us was that these opponents were all strangers to us, not Xiangfan, or even the local gang forces in Huguang."

Li Ling tapped the face of the case with his finger and gradually became calculating in his heart. From this point of view, the Ma family's genocide case is more complicated than what he saw on the surface. At least it is not only the style of the government's actions, but also the Jianghu Gang involved.

But the problem is that judging from the situation I have learned before, the people of the Imperial City Department do not have that much energy. The Imperial City Department's spies, who have always regarded surveillance of local officials, are not enough to make those bandits who lick blood on their heads, who only recognize money but not people, do things for them!

So what forces behind this are helping them, and they can even hide it from Xiangfan Mansion? No, not only the Mansion, but also Baiyitang, who is the Jianghu Gang, has no choice but to suffer losses and tolerate them. This is too unexpected.

Li Ling's eyes quickly swept across the faces of several people, then smiled and said, "I have to thank you for your suggestions this time, otherwise I might go against the contrary if I investigate this case again. I don't know where I will find it."

"Sir, I'm just talking about something I know. And this matter has a lot to do with our brothers, so we should tell the truth." Song Yan also smiled and replied next time.

Li Ling nodded, then said some gossip, asking them to tell him what they thought of again in time, and then sent them out in person, promising to ask the court for their merits at that time, and the Baiyitang would definitely receive rewards, which naturally made these gangs grateful again.

After sending the person away, Li Ling's smile flipped and said to Li Moyun: "Moyun, follow them, I want to grasp all their movements, where have I been, and who have you seen!"

Although Li Moyun didn't know why he had this decision, he agreed immediately and quickly followed him out. With his current cultivation level, it would be really easy to follow the people of Baiyitang in secret, and as long as he thought, these people would not be able to detect his existence.

After turning around, Li Ling quickly found out the descriptions and records of the murder scene of the Ma family members in the case file and read them carefully. After a while, the corner of his mouth curled up: "There is indeed a big problem. The scene records are only the slaughter scene, and there is no fighting.

"Obviously, the Ma family members were gathered together and were killed. However, after being kidnapped, they were killed. However, the Ma family has been accused of having been outside the county town for many years, so how could they not even have the ability to protect themselves? Especially when the family had lost their backers and had foreign enemies spyed over, they actually sent out the Baiyitang people who could ensure their safety, so that there was no force in the village to protect themselves... This is obviously illogical.

"Also, even if ordinary people don't know the dangers, as figures in the martial arts world, people from Baiyitang should remind them to be careful. How could they be so passive and take away all those who can fight? There are too many flaws in these statements!"

After finding so many flaws, Li Ling recalled the expressions of the people at that time and noticed the changes in the expressions of Song Tang. Although it was only for a moment, when they were asked by themselves, they still showed some guilt and panic.

Li Ling caught this from the beginning, but he did not expose it in person, so he caught many unreasonable details one by one, and then there was a final arrangement.

He was very clear about the so-called styles of people in the world. They often had their own rules of conduct. As long as they believed that it was right, they would do whatever they could, otherwise they would not be allowed to submit even if they were killed.

So it is obviously not feasible to point out the truth in person and ask them the truth. It is better to use one move to catch big fish in a long line.

"Maybe new clues will emerge soon in this case, so there is no need to continue to mess with these official documents that don't know the true or false." Li Ling patted the thick stack of documents, already thinking about it!

...

In the evening, Li Ling was having meals with his sister and niece.

Speaking of which, although Li Ling brought his sister and daughter to his side in the past few days, he did not take good care of them. Instead, they were frightened several times and could not sleep well for several nights.

Until today, he finally took time to accompany them to have dinner and comfort them. He also mentioned that he had become a biological daughter and wanted to take them back to the capital and live together.

Li Le'er was naturally quite moved by her brother's invitation, but she obviously cared more about another relative: "Brother Ling, where is Daddy? He... nothing will happen to him, right?"

"Yes, uncle, I haven't seen my grandfather these days. Where has he been?" Tangtang also asked from the side.

Li Ling had guessed that they would have this question, so he took out the answer he had prepared long ago: "Dad, he did violate the law of the king, so I ordered it to be taken down."

"Ah..." The mother and daughter were shocked. Although they had speculated before, the noise caused by the father and son when they met was too big. They were not stupid, so they could not see that there was a big problem hidden in it. Especially Li Le'er, in recent years, she has been vaguely feeling that her father seemed to have something important to hide from her. However, she was so gentle that she dared not ask in person. She even deceived herself for the sake of family harmony.

Seeing this, Li Ling quickly said, "But don't worry, he is my father after all, and those who are sons will definitely find ways to protect him."

"Really? Brother Ling, you must protect your father. He... He has not been easy for many years, and has been corrected. He is no longer the irresponsible person before." Li Le'er hurriedly reminded her again. She really didn't want to see any tragedy happening among her close relatives.

"Well, I will definitely save him!" Li Ling promised again, "But you probably won't see him before returning to the capital, and I will find a way to bring him back later."

Seeing that he was speaking solemnly, the two women stopped talking and asked him about the changes in the city these days. Li Ling picked up some less important and casual words, but even so, it still made the two women feel scared and made Li Leer once again have a formal understanding of his younger brother's current identity.

As expected, my younger brother grew up, got married and established a career, and became a man who could truly serve his family and country.

When the family of three people ate and talked and got closer, Li Moyun hurried back. As soon as he saw him, Li Ling stood up from the dining table and asked, "How about it, have you found anything?"
Chapter completed!