"Don't do that, I'm also speculating, and I'm not all sure. And I'm going to talk about it with my mouth. ”

Ye Xiaoyu comforted.

She just has a mouth, and if she is allowed to go in and check it now, she will not be able to touch anything.

Back then, she should have learned more skills from Qinglang, but the man with facial paralysis usually had a very difficult time talking to him, let alone let him teach himself.

"Daddy—"

was depressed here, Zou Yu pushed open the door of the room and walked out. Zou Youheng quickly stood up and greeted him.

"Tie Yi, you let people go to the city gate to paste the announcement."

Zou Yu commanded expressionlessly.

"Dad, have you checked it out?"

Zou Youheng asked.

"Nope. But the news can't be delayed any longer. ”

Zou Yu replied.

This time the matter is so big, the paper can't contain the fire in the end, and if it drags on any longer, it will only leave another handle for those who frame themselves.

"Dad, in fact, it doesn't matter if there is a problem with the charcoal basin, as long as we have a problem with it, then it has a problem......

Looking at Tie Yi's back as he disappeared at the door, Zou Youheng's originally worried face suddenly relaxed. He thought of a solution that wasn't the way to go.

*

"What are you still rubbing, hurry up and go to the yamen to see, ten people died in the prison overnight, and Lord Zou is now interrogating the suspect......

"I guess these people have offended someone, right? Otherwise, how could he have died in one night......"

"The family members of those people made a lot of trouble, and they all gathered at the entrance of the government office. Let's go and see ......."

Early the next morning, Ye Xiaoyu heard such a noise coming from Qianmen Street.

Yesterday, Zou Yu sent out the announcement, and today it is almost time for these people to make trouble.

Quickly put on a thick coat, Ye Xiaoyu also walked towards the yamen with the crowd.

When she left yesterday, there was still no progress in the investigation of this matter, and she was a little curious about how this Lord Zou was going to give an explanation to the people of the city today.

*

Zou Yu was sitting on top of the public court, kneeling at the bottom, in addition to the warden and the head of the men's prison, there was also a row of jailers. He summoned all the guards of the men's prison to the court today. But except for the warden, the others just knelt for a moment. He was taken down to await trial.

In the fence at the entrance of the public court. The black pressed crowd of a large number of people who came to watch the excitement, and the families of the ten people stood at the front. If there were no officials on duty guarding in front, it is estimated that they would have directly broken down the fence and rushed into the court.

There are too many people watching the excitement. Ye Xiaoyu was squeezed into the corner. Luckily, she's taller. You don't have to stand on your toes to see the whole court.

"Warden, tell me what the hell is going on?"

Zou Yu spoke.

"Back to my lord. It happened suddenly, and I only got the news yesterday morning, and before that, these ten people were in good health, and they didn't suffer from any serious diseases, and they couldn't find anything unusual in them, which ...... I really don't know what's going on? ”

The pot-bellied warden seemed to be a little struggling to kneel on the ground, and he was looking at Zou Yu with an innocent face at this time.

"Fuck your shit, people are locked up here for you, and now you say you don't know what's going on?! That's not how Hanako is sent, is it?! ”

The family members outside the fence were excited.

"Silence!"

Zou Yu patted the shocking wood.

"Did you notice anything unusual about these people the day before yesterday?"

Zou Yu asked.

"Back to my lord, no. According to the rules, I would patrol each cell every day, and the previous afternoon, these people were fine. ”

The warden said.

In fact, he was a little drunk at noon that day, and he did not go to the prison in the afternoon to check, but this kind of thing, at such a critical moment, must not be said.

"What about pre-prison check-ups?"

"My lord, the prison inspection of these ten people is also normal. If they're not normal, if they're sick, we're not going to lock them up. ”

The warden seemed to answer the question in a good way.

"When did you have a charcoal basin in your cell?"

Zou Yu then asked.

"Back to my lord, the charcoal basin was put in a few days ago. Recently, it has been raining for days, and the humidity in the cell is too heavy, so putting a charcoal basin can not only warm up, but also remove moisture. ”

"Who was responsible for putting the charcoal basin in?"

"I'll leave this to the cell boss, and he might ask a few jailers to put the charcoal basin in it."

The warden didn't know why Zou Yu had stayed on the charcoal basin for so long, so he replied cautiously.

"Did you come up with the idea of putting a charcoal basin in the prison?"

Zou Yu continued to ask.

"Uh...... No, it was the cell boss who built it with me. He said it was too cold in the cell and that something could happen if some heating wasn't done. ”

The warden hesitated.

He originally planned to say what he thought, because this is a measure to benefit the people, and he may be able to invite some credit in the future. But after thinking about it, the cell boss will also be called up to answer later, and he will definitely say that he thought it himself, so that his words on his side will not be quickly exposed? So after thinking about it or giving up, this was originally the cell boss who mentioned it to him, and this little merit was still not robbed of him.

"If you put a charcoal basin in your cell, aren't you afraid of what will happen?"

Guo Ming, who was sitting on the side, asked lightly.

Although today is considered to be the yamen's own affairs, because it involves the corruption of court officials, the imperial history platform still has to come to observe, and you can ask questions if necessary. And he, as the most unlucky person in the Imperial History Tower, such a tricky and disgusting case like a footcloth naturally fell on him Guo Ming.

“？！”

The warden turned his head to look at Guo Ming for some reason, he was doing a good deed by placing the charcoal basin, what could he do?

"The prison is full of prisoners, and the charcoal basin is full of charcoal fires, and if they have any evil intentions, it is not impossible to burn the prison even more vigorously; Even if the prison is not burned, the consequences of beating people with red-hot charcoal are unimaginable. ”

Seeing that the warden didn't understand what he meant, Guo Ming explained.

"Huh?!"

Suddenly realizing what was going on, the warden looked panicked.

"My lord, when the cell boss was talking to me, I was really ...... I totally think it's for the good of the prisoners in the prison, I never thought that there would be such a layer of malpractice, my lord, I really didn't think about it......"

Fortunately, he honestly replied just now that he didn't take the idea of placing a charcoal basin on himself for the sake of inviting merit, otherwise even if ten people died and had nothing to do with him, he would have to be held accountable for placing the charcoal basin.

"You stand down and wait, come here, bring the cell boss up."

Judging from the question just now, the warden knows about that. The most important thing is the cell head and the jailers below.

There wasn't much talk around, but it was still a bit noisy.

Ye Xiaoyu stood in the corner, watching what happened in the court seriously. This matter has nothing to do with her, she can just like other people watching, just like other people watching, watch the excitement at will, and then wait for the meal, and then go out for lunch.

But she couldn't do it today, maybe because of the déjà vu in these ten people, maybe because she didn't help, maybe because of Zou Youheng's anxious face.

has always been a gentleman, it seems that everything is a frolic in his mouth, Ye Xiaoyu has never seen him so anxious, because of this, she feels guilty for not helping, right?

"My lord, I really don't know why this happened all of a sudden. Just the day before, these people were still fine, and there was nothing unusual at all. ”

In the public court, the cell boss knelt on the ground with a face full of grievances.

"What's the [good] method?"

Zou Yu asked.

"It's just like us normal people, whether it's eating or doing activities, it's exactly the same as everyone in the cell, and there is no physical discomfort at all."

The cell boss was stunned for a moment and said.

"When did you start putting charcoal pots in your cells?"

Zou Yu glanced at the black onlookers outside the fence and asked.

"Just the other day, the warden said it was cold and asked me to put the charcoal basin in my cell."

The cell boss said.

This charcoal basin is a key, and he must not pull the suspicion on himself.

"Where did the charcoal in the charcoal basin come from?"

Zou Yu asked.

"I bought it at a charcoal shop in the south of the city."

The cell boss bowed his head and said.

Yesterday, Zou Yu had already sent someone to remove all the charcoal basins, and I heard that he had called a lot of medicine masters to check, because he didn't know whether there were any results, so he spoke very cautiously, although he felt that this matter had been done well, and no matter how he checked, he couldn't find his head.

"Which one exactly?"

"Lord Hui, it's a shop opened by the Li family in the south of the city."

The cell boss looked at Zou Yu with a clear look in his eyes.

"Someone, go and bring the boss of the Li family."

A few arresters were quick to get the order, and walked out of the side door of the public court.

Standing for a long time made Ye Xiaoyu's legs a little numb. I adjusted my standing posture and let my back rest against the pillar next to the door of the public hall.

Although Zou Yu publicly interrogated these people, there has been no progress in this matter so far. The warden, the cell boss, all denied it, and the next jailer answered the same thing. If there is no turning point if this continues, this responsibility can only be borne by Zou Yu.

Letting the boss who sells charcoal come to the court may just be Zou Yu's trick to ease the people's feelings, right? When he came later, he would have said with certainty that the prison man had bought charcoal from him, but this answer was of no use to the whole thing, except to prove that the cell boss had not told a lie.

If Zou Yu didn't come up with a result today, Yushitai would take him away for investigation for corruption, Ye Xiaoyu didn't know where Zou Youheng was now, but no matter where he was, he shouldn't feel good in his heart, right? (To be continued......)