Lin Wan hung his head slightly, followed behind Xing Dewu and Xing Han in an orderly manner, and walked towards the outside of the Taishou Mansion. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The sound of Zhou Tianhong and Zhou Tianzheng talking came from his ears, and Zhou Tianhong's voice was warm and magnetic: "Third brother, I have worked hard all the way." ”

Zhou Tianzheng's voice was light, feeling careless, and he lowered his voice slightly: "Father and mother are very worried about the eldest brother, and I hope that the eldest brother will return to Beijing as soon as possible." ”

Zhou Tianhong nodded slightly and sighed: "Well, I have been away from Beijing for more than a month, and it is time to go back." As soon as the matter here is over, I will return to Beijing immediately. ”

The brothers didn't have anything to say, so they chatted a few words briefly, and walked side by side towards the outside of the Taishou Mansion.

Lin Wan walked silently at the end, hanging his head respectfully, following unhurriedly, trying to reduce his sense of presence.

The office yamen of Fengming City Taishou is not far from Taishou Mansion, just on a street opposite. The group walked for about half an hour before arriving at the gate of the yamen.

Looking up, I saw five big characters written on the high plaque "Fengming City Public Office". The door was open, and there were guards standing outside, clerks and officials standing inside, as well as Liu Jinfeng and Ouyang Yufei, who arrived first, and a few witnesses kneeling in the hall.

Walk into the gate of the public office, pass through an empty courtyard, step up the steps, and enter the spacious and bright public hall. I saw that in the middle of the high hall, there was a plaque above that read "Mirror Hanging". Underneath the plaque, behind the large table is a boxy mahogany chair.

There is a long table in the back left, and two chairs are placed behind it. There is also a long table in the back right, but there is only one chair.

Zhou Tianhong and Zhou Tianzheng walked behind the long table on the left and sat down in turn.

Xing Dewu turned sideways and respectfully made a gesture of invitation to Wu Cheng, pointed to the chair in the middle of the high hall, and said, "Lord Wu, please." ”

Wu Cheng shook his head lightly and said politely: "Lord Xing, you are familiar with the case, so you should try the case." ”

Xing Dewu continued to excuse himself and said, "General Ouyang is a subordinate of this official, in order to avoid suspicion, let's ask Lord Wu to interrogate." ”

Wu Cheng hesitated for a moment, nodded, and said, "Okay, since that's the case, then tonight will be tried by this official." As he spoke, he took off his robe and walked behind the table.

Xing Dewu walked to the long table on the right and sat down, and a master stood beside him respectfully.

Under the hall on the left, there is a table with the four treasures of the study, and behind the table stands a clerk in his forties. Beside him stood a row of majestic servants, holding thick and long sticks of fire and water.

Lin Wan followed Xing Han to the right side of the hall and stood still, standing opposite the paperwork, and there was also a row of officials with serious and cold faces beside him. made Lin Wan suddenly feel that the atmosphere was tense and solemn.

With a "snap", Wu Cheng knocked on the shocking wood, which frightened Liu Jinfeng, Lin Wan and those witnesses in the hall.

The hall was very quiet, and the needle drop could be heard. After a long time, Wu Chengcai slowly spoke, and said: "This afternoon, this official has already interrogated Liu Jinfeng, Wang Gang and Ma Xiaosheng in the hall, and the confessions of the three of you all point to Ouyang Yufei. Now Ouyang Yufei has woken up, and she has just been assassinated. Therefore, this official tried the case overnight and let the four of you confront each other in court. ”

Wang Gang and Ma Xiaosheng in the hall couldn't help but tremble slightly, and quietly turned their heads to look at Ouyang Yufei. But I saw Ouyang Yufei kneeling straight, looking at the chief judge in the high hall without squinting, with a righteous face and no fear.

Wu Cheng took in the expressions of everyone in the hall, slapped the shocked wood, and shouted loudly: "Wang Gang, when and where did you say that you saw Ouyang Yufei in contact with the man in black with your own eyes?"

Wang Gang was so frightened that his body shook again, his forehead was already full of beads of sweat, he knelt on the ground, didn't dare to raise his head, and said in a trembling voice: "Small, villain, no, I don't remember, big, about ten days ago, no, no, no, it was twelve days ago, yes, it was the night before Liu Gongzi escorted the military rations into the city." ”

Ouyang Yufei snorted coldly and asked, "Wang Gang, can you remember the day, what time and place is it?"

Wang Gang trembled his hands, wiped the beads of sweat on his head, and didn't know how to answer for a while.

"Bang" shocked Tang Mu and was slapped on the table by Wu Cheng again, so frightened that Wang Gang and Ma Xiaosheng were already trembling all over.

Wu Cheng shouted loudly: "Okay, you Wang Gang, you spoke eloquently this afternoon, why can't you speak in front of Ouyang Yufei at this moment? Do you dare to deceive this official?"

As soon as Wang Gang heard this, his heart calmed down, and he immediately shouted: "Wronged! My lord! The villain never told a single lie, and the villain did see General Ouyang talking to a man in black at the gate of the city at about midnight the night before Liu Gongzi entered the city, and he was talking about the hiding place of the military rations. ”

Wu Cheng nodded, turned to look at Ouyang Yufei, slapped the stunned wood again, and asked sharply: "Ouyang Yufei, you say, is what Wang Gang said true?"

Ouyang Yufei hugged Wu Cheng and saluted, "Lord Wu, the night before Liu Gongzi entered the city, because he found a wanted criminal near the city gate when he was patrolling, he tracked him all the way to the city, and finally captured him near Nanjiu Lane, and sent him back to the public office prison at the moment of the day. Master Xing, Master Liu, and Qian Wenshu all knew about this matter, and there was also a record of it from the head of the horse cell in the prison. ”

Wu Cheng turned his head to look at Xing Dewu, only to see Xing Dewu nodding and saying, "This official knows about this matter, but it has been too long and he doesn't remember the specific time." After a pause, he turned his head and asked Master Liu beside him, "Master Liu, do you remember?"

Master Liu bowed down and replied: "The lower official doesn't remember, but there are records in the Qian clerk and the head of the horse cell, and the prisoners captured by General Ouyang are still in prison, waiting for trial." ”

Qian Wenshu stood up, held a manuscript, walked to the hall, and said respectfully: "Lord Qiqi, Lord Wu, Xia Guan has just flipped through the manuscript records, and at one o'clock on the evening of August 20, General Ouyang captured a suspect who robbed Qian Zhuang and sent him to prison. ”

Wu Cheng nodded and said, "Qian Shu, submit your manuscript." ”

"Yes, Lord Wu. Qian Wenwen bowed in response, spread out the manuscript with both hands, turned to the page on the evening of August 20, and handed it to the guards beside Wu Cheng.

Wu Cheng took the manuscript and saw that the hours on it were recorded very clearly, and there were also the signatures of Ma Prison Leader and Ouyang Yufei. nodded and said, "From the gate of the city to the public office, it will take more than half an hour at the earliest, and Ouyang Yufei is in the public office at the moment." Wang Gang, how did you see Ouyang Yufei coming into contact with the man in black at the city gate?"