Chu Xi shook his head, "I don't know very well, at that time, it was my subordinates who told me that someone said that the county order killed someone at home, and I didn't have time to ask more, so I quickly took someone to the county order's house, and just saw him holding a knife, standing there, there was a bloody corpse on the ground, and then, I directly asked people to bring the county order back, and then let people bring the body back." ”

After going back, Chu Xi found the head catcher who had been told before to inquire.

"When you came to tell me that the county ordered the killing, who told you about it?" Without any thought and hesitation, the head catcher blurted out directly, "It's a child, he came to tell me that the county order killed someone, so he ran away in a hurry." ”

After hearing this, Shen Lian said firmly, "This must have been deliberately framed by someone, tell that kid and let him report to the official." ”

But who would do that? A few people couldn't think of a reasonable possibility for a while.

Shen Lian always felt that the county commander's wife, Wang, had some problems, but she was only suspicious and could not settle down.

Before there is any evidence, after the suspicion is expressed out of thin air, it becomes wronged.

Yin Chen, who was standing against the wall without saying a word, suddenly said, "It's better to find that kid directly, maybe you can find out who called him here." ”

"I'm afraid it's a little difficult!" Chu Xi sighed helplessly, almost every family here has children, and some even have several, the place is so big, it is not realistic to visit them one by one, and it is a special waste of time.

After thinking about it briefly, Shen Lian had a plan.

"I have a solution, that is, let all the children take the initiative to report here, and then be identified by the head catcher, I have seen it before, it should be able to come out, right?" The head catcher nodded, "If I see it again, I will definitely be able to recognize it, but what kind of method do you use to let the child take the initiative?" Shen Lian looked at Chu Xi with a wicked smile, "Lord Prefect, I'm afraid you will need to spend some money this time." ”

At noon, Shen Lian arranged for a few people to set up a few tables in front of the yamen, on which were some rice and coarse grains.

In the name of compassion, it is sympathetic to the children of every family, but in fact, I want to use this method to find that child.

Most people are poor families, and if they have such a good opportunity to give things for free, they will naturally not be able to ask for it, and they will definitely bring their children over.

In this way, others take the initiative to send it to the door, and they will save effort and time.

As soon as the news came out, it spread ten, ten and hundred, and everyone with children in the family knew about it.

Some even want to bring their teenage children with them, but there are clear rules that allow children under the age of eight to come.

Because the head catcher swore that the child looked like he was four or five years old.

And Shen Lian set the age at eight years old just in case, just in case, for fear of negligence and omission.

A child had a bowl of rice and a bowl of coarse grains, and soon, several bags of things were gone, but the head catcher still didn't see the one who came to report before.

He began to panic a little in his own heart, because there were too many children to watch, and if he really saw the child who came to report to the official before, he was afraid that he would be a little unable to recognize it.

Seeing that the head catcher looked a little nervous, Shen Lian comforted, "It's okay, you can just treat it normally, if you really can't remember, it's okay, we can think of a way to think of it again." ”

In this way, the head catcher felt very warm, and he didn't put so much pressure on himself.

But at the same time, he also wanted to find the child as soon as possible, and he didn't want to live up to the efforts of so many people, everyone was standing under the sun and working hard.

When a mother in front of her was holding her child to receive rice, her eyes lit up, she looked at Shen Lian and said, "It seems to be him." ”

Seeing this, Shen Lian stepped forward, looked at the child and asked, "Is it you who came to report to the official yesterday?" The child didn't wait for an answer, and his mother retorted, "Did you misunderstand?" My child is so young and has nothing to do, how can he report to the official? The child shook his head as well, as if he didn't know it.

But the tone of the head catcher became firm, for he remembered that the child was wearing such clothes at that time, and there was still a big patch on his belly, which must not be wrong.

"That's him."

Seeing that both of them were staring at their children, the mother was a little unhappy.

"Didn't you deliver rice? Why did we start saying such inexplicable things when we arrived? It can't be that you don't want to give it, right? Shen Lian hurriedly explained, "You misunderstood, we only met him yesterday, so we want him to tell the truth, if he is honest, we can give you two more bowls of rice, how about it?" "You know, rice is a very luxurious thing for the average poor person, even if they may not eat it once a year.

Now that they are happy to give a bowl for nothing, it is naturally impossible to give a few more bowls all of a sudden.

So she also looked at her son and whispered to him, "You told your mother, did you come to report to the official yesterday?" Seeing that the child didn't have any reaction, Shen Lian increased her chips.

"If you are obedient and tell us the truth, I can buy you sugar gourds and sweet sugar."

After hearing this, the child nodded impatiently, "It's me." ”

"Do you know who asked you to come?"

"I don't know."

The boy shook his head, but he remembered something very important, "I saw the woman, she was sitting on a sedan chair, but I don't know her name, but she had a flower-like hairpin on her head. ”

A flower-like hairpin? Shen Lian briefly recalled it in his head, and immediately knew who he was talking about.

In an instant, I was in a good mood, and after giving the child's mother a few bowls of rice, I took them to buy candy and sugar gourds.

After she came back, the prefect Chu Xi asked urgently, "Is there any important clue?" Shen Lian smiled and nodded, "It's indeed a clue, I think the woman who instigated the child to report to the official should be the wife of the county order, Wang, but the specific reason is unknown." ”

Moreover, Shen Lian felt that if all this was really done by the Wang family, it must be something very serious that happened between her and the county magistrate, prompting her to attack her husband.

However, only the two of them know about the affairs between the two of them, so if there are some questions, you have to ask the county order, maybe you can know some things from his mouth.

So, Shen Lian came to the prison alone and saw the county magistrate who was imprisoned inside.

After seeing her coming, the county magistrate looked a little excited.

Shen Lian didn't answer his question, because she still came with other questions.

"I have a question for you this time, is there something going on between you and your wife?" After hearing this question, the county order, who was still a little excited, began to feel depressed for a moment.

What do you mean by that? Do you suspect that this matter has something to do with my wife? It's absolutely impossible, the relationship between the two of us is very good, how could she do such a thing? ”

"I'm just suspicious, I don't know if she did it, but I already know that she found a child to help report to the official, not herself."

The county magistrate was confused and didn't understand what she meant.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Shen Lian continued, "Think about it, obviously she could go to the police by herself in this matter, but she found a child she didn't know, what do you think is the reason for this?" I'm afraid I want to stay out of it. ”

"What happened between you, I think you should know better than me, if you don't say anything, I can't help you, you just wait to be beheaded, on the contrary, if you are willing to tell the truth, I still have the possibility of helping you."