Ji Zhifu shook the sleeves of his robe and sat on the chair.

He stroked the long beard of the five willows, and looked at Shen Lian indifferently:

"Shen Lian, this official has limited you to solve an important case within ten days. Why don't you interrogate prisoners in your private cell, but come late at night to disturb your own officer?"

Shen Lian arched his hand and said:

"Your Excellency, the theft of the tribute has been investigated. ”

"Oh?"

Ji Zhifu frowned, and stared at Shen Lian suspiciously:

"This case is serious, if you lie indiscriminately, this official will not be able to spare you!"

"Your Excellency, please take a look. ”

Shen Lian picked up the cloth package and opened it in front of him.

A set of dragon robes, a set of xia clothes, and some jewels are all displayed.

Ji Zhifu's face changed slightly.

After seeing it clearly, he immediately slapped the armrest, stood up and stroked his beard and laughed:

"Good!!"

"This official really didn't misunderstand you!"

"The tribute case has been entangled for nearly 50 days and cannot be solved, and I can't imagine that in your hands, it will be solved in just three days! hahaha......"

Ji Zhifu smiled, approached the package to check, and if it was really the stolen goods of the Xiang Ayaji Weaving Workshop, he was even more happy, and patted Shen Lian on the shoulder:

"Well done! Say, how do you want the official to reward you!"

Shen Lian continued to keep a low profile and respect, and arched his hand:

"My lord, when I investigated this case, I also found that there was something else hidden. Fei Yuqing, the main suspect in custody, asked the prefect to decide how to discuss the crime. ”

"Oh, what's the secret?"

Ji Zhifu stared at him and sat back in his chair.

Shen Lian immediately recounted the case.

The account highlights that another thief peeped on the tribute, frightened the female workers of the weaving workshop, and when they robbed the tribute, Fei Yuqing resisted, so they fled.

In order to repay the kindness, Fei Yuqing took the tribute and buried it, and was imprisoned.

"The dragon robe and the xia dress were torn apart in the process of fighting?" Ji Zhifu asked in a deep voice.

"Yes, sir, please see. ”

Shen Lian carefully picked up the dragon robe and xia robe, showing the traces of tearing.

Governor Ji looked at it for a moment, stared at Shen Lian again, and said after a deep groan:

"Do you want to exonerate that Fei Yuqing?"

Shen Lian still kept a low profile and was respectful, bowing his head and arching his hand:

"Don't dare to be lowly! I came late at night to disturb the adults' rest, just to ask the adults to decide how to deal with this Fei Yuqing. ”

Ji Zhifu's face said indifferently:

"He deliberately deceived and did steal the tribute. They are all serious crimes! Even if there are extenuating circumstances, and there is a way to steal, how can we ignore my great law?"

Shen Lian didn't speak, hanging his head and waiting for the following.

Sure enough, Ji Zhifu sighed and said:

"You didn't ask for credit after solving the case, but you didn't be arrogant or impatient when you knew the reward, it seems that you really tried your best to end the case. If it is a bystander, how can it be the life or death of a prisoner? ”

Shen Lian immediately arched his hand and said:

"I don't dare to ask for credit, but I just feel that those few escaped thieves are at large, and closing the case with only the evidence in front of them will still affect the official reputation of the prefect after all. ”

Therefore, the lowly position did not dare to speak presumptuously, and came to state the truth. The prefect attaches the most importance to legal principles, and he is fair and honest, so I want to ask my lord to decide. ”

Ji Zhifu was very helpful when he heard this, and looked at Shen Lian with a smile:

"When your father was here, he wasn't as slick as you. ”

"Humble, fearful. Shen Lian lowered his posture.

"Then tell me, if you are the official, how will this case be concluded?"

"If you don't dare to do your humble job, the prefect will make a decision, and your humble duty will be followed. ”

"When your father was here, he was the right hand man of the official, and he also saved the official's life. ”

Governor Ji stroked his beard and said, "This official is not a pedantic person, just say it." ”

。。

Early the next morning.

Shen Lian returned to the private prison of the Shen Mansion tiredly.

Fei Yuqing didn't sleep all night, and when she saw Shen Lian walk into the cell, she immediately asked:

"How's it going?"

Shen Lian sat down cross-legged and leaned against the cell door:

"You were sentenced to exile, and the tribute was retrieved by the boss of Xiang Ayaji, and it was secretly repaired as before. Those thieves have found out that they were sent by the enemy of Xiang Ayaji to destroy the tribute. ”

Fei Yuqing was stunned.

Exile was not a matter at all for him, it was the minimum punishment.

"What about the girls in the weaving workshop, are they implicated?" Fei Yuqing asked urgently.

"They didn't steal the tribute, and they didn't tear up the tribute, and they were also victims, so how could they be implicated?"

Shen Lian looked at Fei Yuqing with a smile.

"This ......"

Fei Yuqing was dumbfounded, and only came to her senses after a while.

He immediately threw himself to the ground and bowed down:

"You saved my benefactors and spared my life, and the green snake has nothing to repay. In the future, I will tie the grass and ring, and go to the soup for Engong!"

"Fei Yuqing's loyalty is increased by 50%, and the current loyalty is 80%;"

Shen Lian got the hint and smiled secretly.

This loyalty should be brushed to reverence, right?

"Ding. Daily quest completed;"

"The host gains 'Plunder Avatar Card *1'. ”

"The host gets 'Lottery Ten Draws*2'. ”

"Main quest 2 activated:"

"Description: Establishment Bounty: 10,000 taels of silver (Black Prison);"

"Achievement: Reward 'Plunder Avatar Card*3';"

[Achievement: Awarded 'Black Jade Life Renewal Cream*3';"

[Achievement: Rewarding 'Illusion Breakaway Card*3';"

Shen Lian silently sensed the props he obtained, and after settling Fei Yuqing's questions, he would try his luck in the lottery.

"You don't have to come to repay the favor, now you have a chance. ”

Shen Lian took out a simple book stamped with the prefect's official seal, and said with a smile:

"I have already given you permission to make meritorious contributions to your crimes. If you are transferred to my private prison as a jailer for the time being, as long as you assist in solving a few cases, you will be able to redeem your guilt and avoid exile. ”

Fei Yuqing was stunned again, not knowing whether she was happy or worried.

He was confident that he would be able to escape after being exiled.

But now Engong wants him to make meritorious service and become a temporary jailer of the yamen......

"Eun Gong, I'm ...... I'm not familiar with the Yamen Criminal Division......"

"It doesn't matter if you're not familiar, I can teach you. ”

"Engong, I'm clumsy, I'm afraid I won't be able to take the position of jailer......"

"You are a talent, I say you can do it, you can do it, you can do it. ”

"Engong, I am willing to be exiled to a foreign land and be punished......"

"The prefect's documents have been issued, you can't go anywhere, you can only stay. ”

Fei Yuqing had nothing to do, and looked at Shen Lian with tears and laughter.

Shen Lian put away the official seal and suddenly said:

"Don't you want to be liberated forever when you eat that strange fruit, and you are constantly tormented by suffering?"

Fei Yuqing's eyes lit up, and she asked with shortness of breath:

"Is there a way to solve it?"

"Of course, since I know that you have eaten, how can I lie to you. ”

Fei Yuqing immediately bowed down again:

"Please save me, from now on, be driven by Engong!"

"Fei Yuqing's loyalty is increased by 10%, and the current loyalty is 90%;"

Shen Lian thought for a while and said:

"The strange fruit you eat is called the 'Demon Blood Secret Fruit'. It's found everywhere in the world, but it's very rare. ”

"Demon Blood Secret Fruit?" Fei Yuqing had never heard of it, and listened with a heavy face.

"Do you know what a cultivator is?" Shen Lian asked.

Fei Yuqing shook her head: "I don't know." ”

Shen Lian actually didn't know much.

But it didn't prevent him from fooling the little white in front of him.

"Most practitioners in the world take the 'Gidan' and practice the exercises, so as to gain all kinds of incredible abilities. ”

"But there are also people like you who became cultivators because of the consumption of the 'Demon Blood Secret Fruit'. ”