Guo Chengsi felt as if his head had been hit hard with a wooden stick, and the swelling pain was incomparable, and even the cheeks on both sides were a little sore. He unconsciously rubbed the corners of his forehead and slowly opened his eyes. But he saw a broken roof, and through the roof, he could see a small piece of blue sky.

The memories of before he passed out flooded into his mind, and he opened his eyes wide and rolled over to sit up. But Rong Xi, who was carefully holding warm water and preparing to feed it to his mouth, shook his hands in fright, and a bowl full of water was deducted on himself.

"Lord Shizi, you finally woke up!" Rongxi didn't care about shaking off the water droplets on his body, and pounced over ecstatically.

Guo Chengsi asked in a deep voice, "Why are you here?" Where did Dr. Jia go? ”

The smile on Rong Xi's face froze, he coughed lightly, and replied in detail: "Thanks to our ambush for so many days, there is really movement on the Yizhuang side. At that time, two black-clothed men sneaked into Yizhuang and wanted to burn the body of Miss Lan'er, but they were taken down by Duan Guards and imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Department. After a preliminary interrogation, an approximate idea has been asked.

These two people don't have a proper business on weekdays, but they love to hang out in the casino the most, and they both owe a lot of bad debts. Three days ago, someone gave them ten taels of silver for each of them, and asked them to burn Lan'er's body, and said that they would be rewarded with another twenty taels of silver after the deed was completed.

These two people originally didn't dare to do this angry and resentful dirty deed, but when they agreed, they just wanted to cheat ten taels of silver to turn over. Who knew that during the day yesterday, their respective creditors came to collect debts as if they had made a collective appointment, and they also put down cruel words. If they don't repay the money, they will use their children to pay off the debts, and the two of them will make a border to earn the remaining twenty taels of black-hearted silver. ”

"Ask out. Who is it that they are looking for? Guo Chengsi frowned and asked.

Rong Xi shook his head regretfully and said, "They said that the man was wearing a hat on his head at that time, covering all his face, so they don't know who he is." However, they noticed that the man's left index finger was much shorter than normal. ”

"It's easy to do with this characteristic, anyway, it has nothing to do with Zhang's house." After a pause, he asked again: "Where did Doctor Jia go, how could this roof break a big hole, could it be that I passed out last night." A thief broke in? ”

Rong Xi glanced at him in horror, his lips squirmed for a long time, and he didn't make a sound at all. But fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Guo Chengsi couldn't help but be stunned when he saw him, his eyes became condensed in an instant, and he suddenly shouted: "Who is outside?" Get the hell out of here! ”

His voice had just fallen. The head of the guard, who had been with Zhong Ziyuan for a few days, immediately opened the curtain and strode in. He didn't wait for Guo Chengsi to speak. He knelt down first, and after knocking his head three times in a row, he said guiltily: "It is not good to do things in a lowly position, please surrender your lordship." ”

"Disadvantaged?" Guo Chengsi's face instantly faded color, and his heart skipped a beat, he held his breath and asked cautiously, "What happened?" ”

Rong Xi glanced at him vigorously, but unfortunately he was a sincere man. Just looked at Guo Chengsi, 1510's honest report: "I didn't expect that a few of the thieves last night were particularly difficult. The people of the Five Cities Terracotta Division have always lacked discipline, and they have always relied on numbers to win. It's a pity that the alley was narrow yesterday, and a large number of their men and horses were blocked outside and couldn't get in, so a few thieves took advantage of the chaos to escape like a courtyard. ”

"What happened?" When Guo Chengsi heard this, he couldn't help but hate the incompetence of the people of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, and hundreds of people couldn't hold more than a dozen bandits. When the head of the guard said this, he had a bad premonition in his heart, and his heart was tightly pinched together as if it was pinched by an invisible hand.

The head of the guard continued to say in a colorful voice: "At that time, I heard a loud noise coming from Dr. Jia's house, as if a thief had stepped on the roof and fell in. Although he was in a hurry at that time, he was entangled by two other bandits and couldn't get out of it for a while. When he finally repelled the two and jumped into the house, he saw "Speaking of this, he couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, the horrific death of the bandit, and the domineering of the poison, still made his heart tremble."

Guo Chengsi's gaze froze, he slowly clenched his fists, until a tingling pain came from his palm, and he asked with difficulty: "Say, what did you see?" ”

"I saw Dr. Jia with blood on his face in front of the adult, and the bandit raised his steel knife and was about to slash at his neck."

"Don't talk about it." Guo Chengsi opened his mouth violently and roared. He slammed his fist on the table in his hand, only to smash the broken wood in all directions, and the one split in half in an instant. He gasped, and his dark eyes showed a sharp pain, like a wounded beast.

The head of the guard was startled and looked at Rongxi in panic. Rong Xi ignored this stunned Qing, he jumped up with an exclamation, held Guo Chengsi's fist, and said hurriedly: "Lord Shizi, your hand is bleeding, how can this be good?" Seeing the pain on Guo Chenghe's face, his heart lit up, and he hurriedly turned his head and stomped his feet and shouted to the stupid head of the guard: "You are stunned, can you finish the words in one breath?" If you are so shocked, people will be scared to death by you. He turned his head again, stroked Guo Chenghe's chest and comforted: "Don't worry, Doctor Jia has suffered some flesh wounds, but he is not dead!" ”

He said this three times in a row, and then, slowly entering Guo Chengsi's mind, he raised his head, with strong suspicion, and asked cautiously: "You mean she is not dead?" ”

Rongxi nodded frantically and said, "Yes, yes, he's not dead." ”

"I don't believe it." Guo Chengsi shook his hand away and said bitterly: "If she hadn't died, why didn't you dare to reply, why didn't you dare to look at me?" ”

"Oops!" Rong Xi couldn't laugh or cry, he stomped his feet helplessly, and said to the head of the guard: "You are a dead man! I haven't explained everything in one go. ”

"Yes." The head of the guard hurriedly arched his hand and continued: "When the lowly official arrived, he happened to see the bandit raising his knife and trying to slash at the neck of Dr. Jia. Dr. Jia took the opportunity to plunge a silver hairpin into his armpit. The silver hairpin was infected with the poison that sealed the throat with blood. The bandit was poisoned and killed in an instant, and there was no chance to succeed. The head of the guard finally finished what he had to say in one breath. I breathed a sigh of relief.

Hearing that Zhong Ziyuan was not dead, Guo Chengsi's fist slowly loosened a little, and suddenly he raised his eyes to look at Rong Xi. Puzzled, he asked, "Since she is not dead, why didn't you dare to say it before?" After thinking about it, he nodded knowingly: "But is it because she is out of shape?" ”

What's so important about a big man's broken appearance? Rong Xi looked at his master a little helplessly, those shrewd and capable, calm and self-controlled in the past didn't know where to go. He sighed lightly and said, "It's not that you can't break the appearance. I don't know if it's because of the first killing, Dr. Jia is too scared. As a result, I accidentally stepped on those wax balls on the ground. As a result, he slipped and fell, hit the back of his head on the ground, and passed out. "Hey. When he said it, he felt ashamed of this Dr. Jia.

"What?" Guo Chenghe's heart was suddenly grabbed again. He jerked to his feet and said, "Where is she now?" Take me to see it. ”

"Don't worry, Doctor Jia was woken up by that cardamom kid later. It's that people have always been in a trance. Look, the spirit is a little bad. Rong Xi hurriedly said: "When the prince of Shu heard that something was going on here, he sent Miss Xueji over early in the morning to bring Dr. Jia, Cardamom, and Qingdai to him. said that the house here was also broken, the patient did not live well, and there were no good medicinal materials, so it was better to go to his house to recuperate first. ”

"I was taken to Fei's mansion!" Guo Chengsi sat down slowly, his face a little cloudy.

Seeing this, Rong Xi cleared his throat. Accompanied by caution, he said: "Lord Shizi, it's not too early. Brother Zhuang's case is still going to be tried today! Look," he gestured, pointing to the patches neatly stacked on the side.

Guo Chengsi hesitated for a moment, stood up and said, "Wait for the official to change his clothes." ”

"Yes." The head of the guard also stood up, and together with Rongxi, he helped him put on the uniform that symbolized his status.

When he stepped out of the house again, he saw Fauber standing alone in the courtyard in fear, rubbing his rough palms, muttering something to himself.

He paused, then walked to Fu Bo's side, and said with a pleasant face: "Don't worry, old man, as long as your son-in-law takes care of his body, he will come back." These days, I bother you to look at the portal. Don't stop making zuò peach blossom beauty pills, and I'll leave two guards to assist you. ”

"Thank you, thank you, thank you." Fu Bo was grateful, trembling and wanting to bow down to Guo Chenghe. Rongxi helped him. When he raised his head, he saw that Master Guo had already walked out of the courtyard.

The narrow alley outside the courtyard had been washed clean at the moment. There was no indication that a few hours ago, there had been a large-scale desperate struggle here, and there was blood everywhere and corpses strewn across the field. Guo Chengsi hooked his lips and sneered, he no longer hesitated, turned on his horse, and left quickly

Guo Chengsi rushed all the way to the Criminal Department, and saw Lan'er's mother and brother, accompanied by several people, who were already waiting outside the door. Seeing Guo Chengsi dismount, several people immediately surrounded him, especially Lan'er's old mother, pulling Guo Chengsi's sleeve, crying with tears: "Guo Shilang, Master Guo, you have to be the master of the old body, and you can't spare the murderer of my Lan'er!" So saying, she was about to kneel on the ground.

Rong Xi had already seen a lot of such scenes, so he hurriedly took a few steps and stepped forward to stop the old woman. After skillfully helping Guo Chengsi get out and successfully preventing her from continuing to kneel, he comforted her: "Auntie, please rest assured, my family will personally ask the case, and I will not let go of a bad person, nor will I wronged a good person." ”

The old woman couldn't kneel down again, and when she saw that Guo Chengsi didn't look back, she was about to step into the gate of the Criminal Department, and couldn't help crying sharply: "Guo Shilang, you have to rely on your conscience to handle the case!" The villain surnamed Zhuang was convicted by Lord Yin Ming Ming morning, why do you still want to overturn the case for him? Where is the reason of heaven, where is the reason of heaven? ”

While crying loudly, she slammed her head into Rongxi's arms, and cried in her mouth: "If I let that thief get rid of his crime today, I won't live anymore, I will die here, I will die here."

Rongxi was hit by her and staggered, but he didn't dare to scold. Because of the old woman's crying, many people gathered around to point their fingers. In front of everyone, he only dared to slander in secret, but he was still calm and self-contained on his face. Because he knows that any radical words and deeds at this moment will give people a handle. He had to be careful, trying to stabilize his body as much as possible, while pulling the old woman, only to make a fuss of sweat on his head.

Lan'er's elder brother over there also blocked Guo Chenghe's way, his eyes were full of anger, and he gritted his teeth and asked, "My lord, do you really want to violate your conscience and avenge the murderer?" Before he finished speaking, Duan Ling led a group of servants with killing sticks to swarm out, instantly separating Guo Chengsi and Lan'er's brother.

Brother Lan'er slammed forward, grabbed the killing rod in front of him, his eyes widened angrily, and he shouted: "Lord Guo" His voice was so sharp and sharp that the eardrums of the two officials who stopped him were buzzing. They were furious, raising their killing rods to smash them.

Guo Chengsi raised his eyebrows and raised his hand to stop their movements. He sighed and said, "I can understand your feelings. Seeing Brother Lan'er's eyes, he wanted to roar again. Guo Chengsi frowned, and shouted sternly: "But you innocently obstruct the imperial court officials to handle the case, this is a serious crime, according to the legal calendar, even if you are beaten fifty boards, it is not too much." ”

After a pause, he slowed down his tone again and said: "But let's just remember that your relatives were killed and instigated by others, so you will be messing around here, and this official will spare you this time for the time being." If you mother and son continue to be so entangled, don't blame me for using this killing stick. After speaking, he raised his eyes and swept to the suspicious people hiding in the crowd, his eyes were as cold as knives, and he stabbed those people so that they didn't even dare to raise their heads.

Brother Lan'er was stunned for a moment, and looked at him suspiciously. Seeing this, a sneering smile appeared at the corner of Guo Chengsi's mouth, and he opened his mouth again: "In Lan'er's case, this official personally participated in the autopsy, and he has the latest evidence and witnesses in his hands, and he has also been reviewed by the Criminal Department, and he definitely does not have any selfish intentions. After speaking, he lowered his eyes and looked at Brother Lan'er, who was still full of anger, and said meaningfully: "You also want to catch the real murderer of your sister, instead of pulling someone on the street to make up the numbers."

Fu Siyuan, as a witness, has been waiting in the criminal department for a long time. Seeing Guo Chengsi striding over, he hurriedly got up and hugged his fists: "I've seen Lord Guo." ”

Guo Chengsi hurriedly bowed his hand, returned a salute, and said humbly: "Uncle Fu, it's very polite." "He didn't dare to hold it up in front of Fu Siyuan, so he didn't say his identity as a big horse. Before the accident, he followed his mother and often went to the eldest princess's mansion. So he really regarded him as a close elder, otherwise he wouldn't have recognized Fu Siyuan at a glance.

After a few words of greeting, Guo Chengsi said: "Whether Brother Zhuang can get out or not, Uncle Fu is the key." ”

Fu Siyuan smiled and said, "Master Guo, just rest assured, the villain will definitely tell what he saw that day in the lobby without reservation." In order to return Brother Zhuang's innocence as soon as possible. (To be continued......)