Chapter 35 State and County Inspections (2)

Su Yunkai and Mingyue also heard the movement, and the two went out almost at the same time. The post station is not big, the houses are all on a line, and the two of them just went out of the door when they saw the door of the next room open, and a man in his early forties came out, who was the post of the post station. As he walked, he said, "I guess something happened to the horse." ”

The three of them immediately went over there.

The stable can't be said to be a stable, and no one dares to steal anything from the official's family, so there is not even a fence nearby, a manger and an iron post, and the rope is tied there, and the horse is not afraid of running away.

At this time, there were already three people standing there. Baishui Qin Fang, as well as the post guard Liang Fang.

Mingyue looked at it, and the horses of their carriage were lying on the ground, with a large pool of blood under them. She immediately went over to look at the horse, whose eyes were blank, but there was still a light light, and his body was hot. She took the wound on the horse's neck and saw that the blood was flowing to the ground, and even the soil under its neck became soft and wet, "Not long after he died, the cause of death was that his neck was recut by a knife and he lost too much blood. ”

Yu Da asked loudly, "Liang Fang, weren't you feeding the horses just now?" Why don't you know what you did when the horse was killed? ”

Liang Fang had a scar on his face, looked vicious, and when he heard this aggressive words, he didn't move, but carefully explained, "I just went to relieve my hands, and I went for a short time before this happened, and when I heard the sound of horses, I just put on my pants." ”

Yu Da smiled coldly, "I see that you have made the same old mistake again, and the nature of the country is easy to change." ”

Liang Fang became anxious at this time, "Brother Yu mentioned this matter again, I used to be a horse thief, and I was caught by the government and sent here to work, but in the past half a year, I have worked hard to reform myself, and you can see it." ”

The official post station is not a fat shortage, occasionally expedited to send a letter and official documents, but also to wear the stars and the moon, hard and cheap, basically no unscrupulous people are willing to come. So the government came up with a way to let the prisoners who had committed trivial things go to the post station to work. It's hard work, but it's better than being in prison, and you can get a little money, and of course there are many prisoners who are willing to come. Liang Fang is one of them, and Yu Da is a post officer, and he is the boss of the post station.

Su Yunkai listened to the argument between the two, and already understood that the relationship between the two was not good on weekdays, and Liang Fang was even more despised by the good people because of the prisoner. He listened for a while, and then asked Mingyue, "How long has the horse been dead?" ”

Qin Fang heard it and interjected, "A little moment, Bai Zhutou and I were standing at the gate just now, and we came over when we heard the shouting. By the way, Yu Da should not be the murderer, before the horse screamed, someone ran past me, it stands to reason that the room is so far away from here, Yu Da can't run away from here and return to the room again. At that time, when Bai Zhutou and I arrived at the stable, we saw Liang Fang squatting next to the horse, so we didn't know if he was the murderer or the person who ran away was the murderer. ”

When Yu Da heard this, he said, "Xu is an idler passing by." At the end, he was even more annoyed, "Liang Fang, the prisoner is you." ”

Liang Fang suddenly became anxious, his face flushed, "You are wronging me, I didn't touch the horse." ”

"The other post guards have gone to deliver the letter, just you and I are here, is it possible that the adults killed them?"

Liang Fang was forced to have no choice, and said loudly, "You are also suspicious!" I know that I don't want to take money to honor you, you hate me, you want to drive me away, and you can just give me any hardships on weekdays, but now it's a big deal to kill horses, and don't want to blame me. I Liang Fang used to steal horses for money because I was confused, I admit my mistake, but why did you force me to death, you have to say that I killed the horse. ”

"You are talking nonsense, and you even say that I am also suspicious, and that the horse was fine when I came out of the stable just now, and when I returned to the house, I stayed in the room for half an hour, and I heard the horse call me before going out of the room, and the lord and the girl can testify to this."

Mingyue said, "We did come here with Yu Da just now. ”

Liang Fang had more and more witnesses, and he was almost cornered, saying, "You said you came out of the stable, but I didn't see it at all. You told me to go to the granary to get straw, but when I came out you were gone. I have reason to suspect that you hid in the stable, came out and killed the horse while I went to relieve you, and then fled through the front door. The black shadow that Qin Gongzi saw was you. ”

Bai Shui frowned and said, "But the black shadow ran through the front door, so it's impossible for him to appear in the room again, right?" ”

"I know there's a shortcut behind me to jump in through the window, and it's shorter than you can walk from your room to the stable, and I'll show you if I don't believe it."

Su Yunkai said, "Bai Shui, you go with him." ”

"Yes, sir."

Liang Fang immediately went to lead the way, Qin Fang wanted to watch the play here and the play over there in Baishui, so after thinking about it, he still ran with Baishui.

Mingyue would take a closer look at the stable floor, then look at the dead horse, think for a moment and say, "If you want to cut the horse's neck, you must get close to it first." Judging from the neat wounds, the man was quick and accurate, and he must not have even splashed blood. But as it can be proven, his arm strength must be good. ”

Yu Da looked down at himself, his arms were indeed strong, and he said worriedly, "The girl can't judge by this." ”

"The verdict will be handed over to the adults, and I will have to tell what I see." Mingyue said again, "Even if all the evidence points to you, you don't have to panic if you have a clear conscience." ”

Yu Da smiled, "Of course I'm not panicking. ”

It didn't take long for Qin Fang to run back, panting and saying, "There is really a shortcut, and I returned to the room from the door after saying a few words." ”

Liang Fang also came back, and when he saw Yu Dapo, he said, "You are also suspicious." ”

Yu snorted, "If you are guarding and stealing yourself, and you have to rely on my head, you have to let the adults punish you and send you back to the prison and locked up." ”

The two were tense and almost fought. Su Yunkai lowered his eyebrows and thought for a moment, and asked, "Yu Da, have you been putting it in there?" What to do inside? ”

"Isn't it the middle of the year, I have to settle the account, so I will take the abacus in the room to settle the account."

"How long?"

"Half an hour later, the adults and Miss Ming went back to the room early, if I could go later, I should be able to see me in the room, it's a pity. This villain took advantage of the loophole to wronged me. ”

Liang Fang glared at him, "I don't know who wronged whom, my lord, I was a sinner, but I have reformed myself, please deal with it impartially." ”

Su Yunkai nodded, turned around and walked to the other side of the room, and everyone followed without knowing why.

He went straight to Yu Da's room, and it seemed that he was in a hurry to come out, so he didn't even close the door just now. The room was pitch black, and he couldn't see anything after entering the narrow place, Bai Shui wanted to look for a lamp, but was stopped by Su Yunkai.

"Go to my room and get a lamp."

White Water has fast legs and feet, and soon lights the lamp and brings it.

The station's kerosene lamps were all kerosene, and when she ran away, the oil overflowed. Su Yunkai took it and went to find the kerosene lamp in the house by the light. And the lamp was placed on the table, and beside it was an open ledger and a few abacus.

Qin Fang said, "It seems that he was really settling accounts in the room just now." ”

Yu Da hurriedly said, "Gongzi Qin has to be the master of the villain." ”

"Calling the shots?" The room was small, and Su Yunkai came out with this sound, which made Yu Da stunned. He stared at Yu Da and said, "You weren't in the house at all just now, you lied." ”

Yu Da was stunned, and then shouted injustice, "Why do you say that, this account book and abacus are here, even if you want to ask me what I just calculated, the villain can recite it now." ”

"It's okay to memorize an account a few days in advance, but that doesn't prove anything."

He was an official, and Yu Da didn't dare to talk to him, and said, "Adults can't wronged villains." ”

Su Yunkai said, "You said that you were in the room for half an hour and had been settling accounts. It was dark early outside, and I had already lit the lights when I got back to my room, and if you entered the room later than us, if you want to settle accounts, you must have lit the lights. But I just found out that your lamp oil is cold, even if it is the lamp oil that Bai Zhutou took from my room, it has been a moment, and it is still warm. But yours is cold, and there is no trace of use at all. ”

Everyone was stunned, only on the big face like ashes.

"Liang Fang said that you suddenly disappeared when you were feeding the horses, I think you did not leave the stable at that time, but hid, and there should be mud in the hiding place, because of the long time of hiding, and the shoes were deeply sunk, and the white edges of the shoes were also stained with soil. You take advantage of Liang Fang's hand, come out and kill the horse, and then escape. But you didn't expect someone at the door, but it was far away, and they didn't see it clearly. You fled back to your room, pretended to hear the movement with us, and asked me and Mingyue to be your witnesses. ”

Yu Da was about to quibble, Su Yunkai had already walked to the only window in the house, and when he shone it with a lamp, there was a little dirt on the window. He raised his eyes and stared coldly, "But if you want to compare the soil on the soles of your shoes, is it the same as the soil here?" ”

Yu Da was stunned, and suddenly understood that there was no possibility of quibbling, and knelt down and begged for mercy. Liang Fang was so angry in his heart, and thought that it was good to meet a good official, otherwise he would really be wronged.

Su Yunkai was silent and said, "You claim to be a good citizen, but you are doing things like accepting bribes from post guards. You think you are a step above the postmen who have done wrong, but in my eyes you are no match for them who are diligent in their work. He leaned over and said, "Bai Shui, take my official seal and ask the nearest county official to come over." ”

Yu Damian was like ashes, slumped on the ground, and had no strength to stare at Liang Fang again. I shouldn't have chosen such an official. He thought that the bigger the official, the less he cared about this kind of small case, and he would convict Liang Fang with a simple check, who wanted to ......

On the second day, the local county magistrate brought the officials over and arrested him. Su Yunkai asked the county official for a horse, although the county government's horse was not as good as the government's, but it was much better than walking on foot.

When the people in the county left, their group continued on the road.