Hou Tianhua said: "Song Tixing, do you know why this official wants to be an official?" Do you know what the purpose of being an official is?"

Song Ci had a cold face, "If it is someone else, Song can still say a few words and talk about it, but about you Houzhi County, I'm sorry, Song thinks that since you became an official on the first day, it is for enjoyment, for the sake of the people." ”

Hou Tianhua laughed, "Song Tixing is not a loss, it is Song Tixing, he is indeed superior in terms of pinching people, yes, this official was meant to be like this in the first place, and this official was still bought, Song Tixing, you must not be surprised, right." ”

Song Ci was not surprised for a long time, but said: "Hou Zhi County, these Song Mou are not interested, but, Song Mou learned that you were once taken down by the criminal officer, why can you still dominate the officialdom after so many years?"

"Aha... On what basis? Naturally, he relied on countless silver and countless silver tickets, otherwise, where would this official still be today?"

"Silver and silver tickets? Haven't you been dismissed? Why did you survive on the side of the Ministry of Rites? Why is that? The Criminal Department and the Ministry of Rites belong to the same imperial court and the Great Song Dynasty, why is this happening?"

"Why?" Hou Tianhua sneered, "Because the Criminal Department and the Ministry of Rites are not under the jurisdiction of the same person, these are two different departments, Song Tixing, do you think the Holy Lord will take care of such a trivial matter today?" Jin Ren is constantly going south, I'm afraid his hair is already gray!"

Song Ci said: "Since everyone knows that the Jin people are going south, why are you still so presumptuous?" Why can't they save a little worry for the Great Song Dynasty and the people?"

Hou Tianhua laughed again, "Song Tixing, Song Tixing, this official is just a small county order, and he is not a general with heavy troops, what do you say I will use to alleviate the worries of the imperial court?"

Song Ci was silent, his heart was very uncomfortable, he always felt that half of the Great Song Dynasty might not be able to last long.

"Song Tixing, if you have such ambitions, why don't you lead thousands of troops and horses to kill the enemy? Think about it, my Great Song General Yue Fei, what a hero who killed the enemy, but look at it, what did he get? In the end, he was charged with a trumped-up crime, and Song Tixing should also know this!"

Song Ci was silent, he didn't know what to say at the moment.

"Hou Zhixian, Song admitted that what you said was true, then look at Lord Bao in the Northern Song Dynasty, he was loyal and patriotic all his life, did the previous dynasty treat him badly? Houzhi County, you can not do it for the court, not for the entire Great Song Dynasty, but you should also look at these thousands of people, here are your roots, there are your fathers and villagers. ”

"Father, old folks? I said Song Tixing, don't talk about this, this official is more than forty years old this year, and his parents have long been in the loess, where do you say there are still parents? As for the villagers, Song Tixing is wrong again, this official has become a member of the imperial court, who would dare to call this official a fellow countryman!"

has learned that this kind of person is hopeless, and Song Ci doesn't want to pay attention to it, since things are already like this, then continue, except for this Hou Tianhua, this Ping'an County, this day of the Great Song Dynasty, and the water of the Great Song Dynasty, the water of the Great Song Dynasty can always be a little clearer.

"Hou Zhixian, thank you for your wine tonight, and thank you for accompanying Song to say so much, since the two of us don't belong to the same boat, there is no need to say so much."

"Hou Zhi County, early tomorrow morning, Song will be in this yamen to expose the evidence of your crimes, I think, this time you will no longer be able to escape the Great Song Dynasty."

Hou Tianhua laughed wildly: "Since this is the case, then the official will wait and see, Song Tixing, you are welcome to come tomorrow to receive the official, but you have to come up with absolute evidence, otherwise...

Song Ci left and soon entered the house, and the interrogation of Xiaoyue and the others had been completed. "My lord, the three of them have been recruited, everything that Hou Tianhua has done, as long as they know, they have all been recruited.

Song Ci said: "Very good, Xiaoyue, put these things away, and then rest separately, it's time to go to bed after a busy day."

“... But my lord, what about these three people? Do you want to let it go?"

"Let go? Why let them go? Tomorrow you are still counting on them to go to the haircut, and if they run away, where are they going to find someone?"

"Yes!"

Everyone left, and Song Ci sat at the table, looking at the case file on it in a daze. The moon hung in the night sky, and the white moonlight fell on the vast land, as if it had just dawned in the gray sky.

Qin Xiaoyue walked over at some point, with a cup of tea on the table, "My lord, what's wrong with you?" Is there something on your mind? Also..."

Song Ci said: "Tomorrow's matter, Song really has no bottom in his heart, this Hou Tianhua is not simple, I'm afraid it is not easy to defeat him."

Qin Xiaoyue said: "I'm afraid my lord is too careful, we still have these officials in our hands, not to mention anything else, as long as they confess their guilt, this Hou Tianhua will not be able to escape his responsibility, at least this magistrate, he can't do it."

"Perhaps!" Song Ci shook his head and sighed.

The night passed, and on the second day, everyone got up from the bed and ate food briefly, and Song Ci said: "Wenwu, you go and invite the old man near Wang Er, today, there is something that needs her to go to the court."

"Lu Sheng, you go and invite the two old men who reported to the official, and don't show up at the same time." Okay adults. The two of them immediately ran out, and Song Ci and the others also went to the yamen hall at this moment.

There is no one at the moment, Song Ci is not in a hurry, the body of the cloth merchant shopkeeper is still placed on the ground, and he will be buried today, but looking at this situation, it seems that it can't be done.

"My lord, should I go and beat the drum of injustice and call Hou Tianhua out?"

Song Ci shook his head, "No need Xiaoyue, if Song is not mistaken, this Hou Tianhua will come soon."

The two watched in the hall for a while, Song Ci simply squatted down and looked at the corpse on the ground, it was not buried, the corpse was already hard, and at the same time, there was a foul smell.

It is true that he died of drug poisoning, but it is impossible to determine what kind of poison it was, or whether the drug was transferred and taken by the deceased without his knowledge, so it is impossible to verify.

And Hou Tianhua and the others have to go to the scene of the crime first, maybe he has destroyed the evidence. In the backyard, there was the sound of applause, which grew louder and louder, followed by loud laughter.

"Song Tixing is worthy of being Song Tixing, so dedicated, coming to the lobby early in the morning, it really makes the official feel gratified, the Great Song Dynasty has a person like Song Tixing, and he can keep the peace for hundreds of years!"

Song Ci said: "Hou Tianhua, now that it has come to this hour, Song doesn't want to talk nonsense with you, today, Song wants to prove the innocence of the three unjust souls, and also prove the guilt of the other person."

"If the official didn't guess wrong, the guilty person Song Tixing said in his mouth is probably the official, I don't know Song Tixing, what is the crime of the official? Speaking in the yamen, you have to be worthy of today's saints, Song Ti's punishment, red mouth and white teeth, you have to think clearly. ”

"Song is very clear now, one sentence in the lobby must be worthy of the saint, but you are waiting for the county, are you worthy of the Great Song? Worthy of the 100,000 people in this Ping'an County?"

Hou Tianhua sneered, was silent, and sat down in the public hall next, with a mirror hanging above his head and his eyes looking down.

The book history and the main book also sat on the side, which was composed of officials within the yamen], the book history records the files, and the main book cooperates with the magistrate to decide the case.

"Good Song Ci, today, this official wants to see how you prove that these three unjust souls are innocent, if you can't come up with a reasonable explanation, this official will definitely punish you for interfering with the court!"

Song Ci chuckled, "As a criminal officer, how can Song be afraid of your little magistrate?"