When Lu Jing saw the arrival of the captain, he asked, "Can you think of how to answer those two questions of this official?" ”

Seeing that the two errands were arrested, he knew that he couldn't hide it, so he honestly confessed: "The lord forgives the sin, the cowhide bag was sold to them by the Zhang family's Xiaoer, and when the two officials put the person in the pocket and threw it into the water, the villains all saw it on the side, but the villains didn't dare to care about this kind of thing, so they could only dare to salvage the people when the officials left." ”

Lu Jing nodded, as expected, and continued to ask, "How did you deal with the people who were salvaged?" ”

The captain hurriedly said: "Generally, the officials will wait for a few quarters of an hour before leaving, and when the villains salvage them, they are all out of breath, and the villains bury them. ”

Lu Jing frowned and asked: "You can wait for the official to pass before salvage, even if you catch it, you can let him leave afterwards, why do you want to block the road and report the case?" ”

Zhang Dizhou heard Lu Jing ask this, and he also hurriedly pricked up his ears to hear why this old man wanted to provoke himself.

The captain hurriedly kowtowed: "A few months ago, the villain's son also sold a cowhide bag, and then the villain fished the man up and saw that he was a monk, and the villain was afraid to bury him, who knew that since then the villain's son has been seriously ill and has not been cured." ”

"A few days ago, a monk came, the villain asked him to recite the scriptures to his son to heal, he said that we are entangled by the soul of injustice, we need to accumulate more yin virtue to be cured, and the villain wants the villain to worship the sea lantern in front of the Bodhisattva, the villain has donated five catties of sesame oil money to him every month in the past few months, and today happened to encounter this incident, the villain wanted to save him and he was considered to have accumulated yin virtue, and thought that he was killed, and there were always grievances, so he blocked the road to report the case."

After hearing this, Zhang Dizhou asked: "Do you still think that adults will not ask about the cowhide bag, and you will let you go after you report the case, and maybe the cowhide bag will be rewarded to you." ”

Seeing that he said what he thought, he said with a panicked face: "That's what the villain thinks, he doesn't want to run into the big man of the blue sky, and the villain's mind has not escaped the eyes of the big man, and he begs the big man to be gracious, although the villains have seen it a few times, but they have never sought money and killed their lives, and those people are officials and villains don't dare to offend." ”

Lu Jing asked a few more questions, and then shouted: "In the future, when you encounter this kind of thing, you must report it to the official in time, but you don't know that they are harming others today, and you may be harming tomorrow, and the monk who asked you to worship the sea lantern doesn't have to believe him, according to the official, he is just deceiving you of your silver, you might as well save the money and ask a good doctor is right." ”

The captain was busy, kowtowed a few more times, and then retreated with the guards.

Lu Jing then interrogated several other boatmen, and saw that their statements were all similar, and basically concluded in his heart that none of these people had participated in the murder, but they were suspected of being accomplices.

Then I couldn't help but sigh, I guessed that there are too many such things in this world, and it is difficult to have a good way to deal with them, but since I have encountered it today, I need to take care of it.

On the second day, after Lu Jing had breakfast, he heard bursts of cheers from the courtyard, so he went out to check and saw more than a dozen guards in a circle, and there were constant cheers from inside.

When Zhang Dizhou saw Lu Jing coming out, he hurriedly retreated from the crowd and came up to report: "Please forgive me, the villain wanted to try his skills after listening to Guo Yong's words yesterday, and I didn't want them all to come around and disturb the adult's purity." ”

Lu Jing waved his hand and said it was okay, and then asked, "How is this Guo Yong?" ”

When Zhang Dizhou asked, he suddenly showed an appreciative look on his face, and said with a smile: "His skills are really good, the villain's subordinates are all strong opponents in a hundred, and generally seven or eight people can't get close, but he can fight four with one, and he still has spare strength, and he is indeed a fierce general." ”

Lu Jing saw that he wanted to stop talking here, so he said: "We have been getting along for more than half a month, you know what kind of character I am, and you don't have to hide anything and say it directly!" ”

Zhang Dizhou smiled and said: "The villain wants to keep him in the guard temporarily, and his force can be regarded as a help, and if he can pass the test in the capital, the villain will recommend him to the camp." ”

Lu Jing smiled and said: "Yes, yes, you are heroes and cherish heroes, but you have to ask him what he means." ”

Zhang Dizhou saw Lu Jing loosen his mouth and hurriedly called Guo Yong over.

Lu Jing asked: "The official originally planned to let you go home to find your lady for the time being, and wait until September in Huating County to wait for the official, and the official will make the decision for you." Now that Commander Zhang wants to keep you in the Qincha Guard, what choice do you make? ”

Guo Yong hurriedly knelt down and said: "The villain's mother-in-law has been sold to others, even if the villain finds it, he can't afford to support it, so it's better to follow the adults to find a future, and then take her back when the villain gets ahead." ”

Lu Jing pondered for a moment and then nodded: "In this case, you will follow Commander Zhang for the time being, and when the official of Songjiang Mansion will remove the punishment from you." ”

After hearing this, Zhang Dizhou hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you, my lord." Then seeing Guo Yong grinning and smirking, he raised his leg and kicked him, and scolded with a smile: "What are you doing stupidly, why don't you kowtow to the adults and thank you." ”

Guo Yong couldn't help but kowtow and said: "Thank you to the little one, the villain must be full of liver and brains, protect the adult, and don't let others hurt the adult." ”

Lu Jing said in a deep voice: "If it weren't for Commander Zhang's intercession, this official would not have left you, thank him if you want to thank him!" ”

Guo Yong was busy kowtowing to Zhang Dizhou again, and Zhang Dizhou immediately ordered him to get up, admonished him, and then called another person and told him to take Guo Yong to change his clothes, and teach him the rules in the guard.

Lu Jing saw that Zhang Dizhou had made proper arrangements and was about to turn around, when the guards came to report that Xu Shaofu, Jiang Runnong and several others had come to visit.

Lu Jing's face was solemn when he heard this: "They came just in time, I was about to send someone to find them and invite them to the middle hall to meet." Then he instructed Zhang Dizhou a few words, and Zhang Dizhou took the order and left.

After Xu Shaofu and Jiang Runnong arrived, the two sides finished saluting, and Lu Jing smiled and said: "A few adults came just in time, and the official is about to take you to a place to have a look." ”

Jiang Runnong hurriedly smiled and answered: "Where the villain is going, Xia Guan can just lead the way." ”

Lu Jing nodded and asked, "How long has Lord Jiang been an official here?" ”

Jiang Runnong hurriedly replied: "Xia Guan arrived two years ago, and now it is his third year. ”

Xu Shaofu had an old relationship with Lu Jun, when Lu Jun was the prefect of Huai'an, he was the prefect of Suqian County, and he was about to get close to Lu Jingtao, when he saw Zhang Dizhou enter the house and said: "My lord, everything has been prepared." ”

Lu Jing smiled and said, "Please move, and follow me to see the good place that this official found yesterday." ”

Although everyone was puzzled, they saw that Lu Jing had already stepped out of the house, so they had to follow forward.

Zhang Dizhou set up the sedan chair and asked Lu Jing to get on the sedan chair, and then everyone set off for the outside of the city.

Xu Shaofu and Jiang Runnong followed behind Lu Jing's team, and when they saw that they were heading to the place where Lu Jing was greeted yesterday, they were even more puzzled, and several people secretly passed the word, guessing Lu Jing's intentions.

In less than half an hour, everyone rushed to the Ganyu ferry, and Zhang Dizhou took the few captains to dig up their usual burial place.

Lu Jing took Xu Shaofu and Jiang Runnong to watch, and dug up more than a dozen corpses, some of which had become white bones, and some of which had not completely decayed.

Xu Shaofu, Ling Shunxing and others were fine, but Jiang Runnong's complexion changed greatly, his lips kept shaking, and he wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask.

Lu Jing ordered people to take a closer look, ordered people to collect these bones, and took everyone back to the city without giving Xu Shaofu, Ling Shunxing, Jiang Runnong and others a chance to speak.

Along the way, Xu Shaofu, Ling Shunxing and others looked at Jiang Runnong's eyes full of sympathy, but they didn't expect to find such a big case at the first stop when they arrived in Jiangnan, and they hurriedly ordered their henchmen to go back immediately and make all preparations.

After returning to the city, Lu Jing explained to several people the origin of these bones.

Xu Shaofu, Ling Shunxing, Jiang Runnong and others all breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, it was not for money and murder, since it was done by solving the difference, it had little to do with themselves and others.

After Lu Jing saw the reactions of several people, he couldn't help but sneer in his heart and asked, "Lord Jiang has been an official here for a few years, didn't he notice this matter at all?" ”

Jiang Runnong hurriedly defended: "Your Excellency is above, let the lower officials be careful, this matter is not the negligence of the lower officials, that ferry is the junction of Rizhao and this county, just then the lower officials saw that the burial place is close to Rizhao, and those captains are not all locals, and the lower officials are not easy to trespass." ”

Lu Jing saw that he was shirking the responsibility, and wanted to put it down gently, but at this moment he planned to burn the first fire on this person's head, so he said with a cold face: "It's not good to transgress, you can push more than a dozen lives cleanly in one sentence, you go back and prepare the case file of your office, and the official will check it later." ”

Jiang Runnong wanted to argue again, but Lu Jing said angrily: "Retreat!" ”

Jiang Runnong had no choice but to return to the county government and let people prepare the file, both unwilling and resentful and panicked.

Lu Jing immediately asked people to bring those captains, so that they could identify the bones of the victims in recent years according to their memories, and then sent a few people down, and then ordered someone to take them down.

Xu Shaofu and Ling Shunxing originally wanted to invite Lu Jing to the banquet, but seeing this situation, they didn't dare to speak again.

Lu Jing chatted with them for a few words, and then sent them back to their localities, and then talked in detail when the patrol arrived at them in a few days.

When Xu Shaofu and Ling Shunxing saw this, they had to leave in a huff.

In the afternoon of the same day, Lu Jing went to the county office to check the case file; On the one hand, he ordered someone to post a notice, and in three days, he would sit in public at the county office, and if anyone had a grievance, he could come to appeal; on the one hand, he sent Lu Lian to the prison to record the statements of those who shouted grievances; On the one hand, he sent someone to inquire about Jiang Runnong's reputation as an official.

In the evening, Lu Jing returned to Qincha Xingyuan to synthesize the opinions of all parties, and found that Jiang Runnong was an improper official, and he was involved in many evil people in this county, and there were many ambiguities and ominities in previous cases, so he decided to take Jiang Runnong under the knife.