In the public house of Yaertang County, Yuncheng County, Liu Yaochen, the magistrate of this county, sat behind the case, frowning slightly and listening to the clues of the two guards under him to report the case, but his heart was in a mess.

This period of time is really not good for him, there is a big case of the robbery of the birthday gang in the county for no reason, which is a very serious blow to Liu Zhixian, who has only made some achievements in this county and is expected to be promoted after the grinding survey. If there is no clue about the case, let alone promotion, even the black yarn on the top of the head may not be able to keep it, you must know that this birthday gang was sent by Liang Zhongshu to Taishi Cai.

Two days ago, the state government and even the officials on the road had sent people to supervise the investigation of the case, and Liu Yaochen, who had eaten enough, could only transfer the pressure to the officials below, forcing them to search everywhere for clues, but after a few days, nothing was found. Just when he was anxious about this, and he hadn't been able to sleep for a few days and nights, Song Jiang suddenly came to report that he had clues about the robbery of Shengchengang.

But before he could be happy for too long, when he asked about the reason, Liu Yuan also came to report that there were also clues related to the case. And what made Liu Zhixian feel even more headache was that the clues of these two people were completely different! This made him not know who to trust, or who to trust.

As a county magistrate who has served here for three years, Liu Yaochen already has a deep understanding of these two subordinate priests. Although on the surface, these two people are his subordinates, but in fact, in terms of the power of the people in this county, they want to completely overshadow themselves, and he knows that Song Jiang and Chao Gai, Liu Yuan and Ji Yang have a good relationship. Now the two of them are actually convinced that the other party is the mastermind of the robbery of the birth gang, no matter how you look at it, it looks like attacking each other and beating the whistleblower.

In front of Liu County's order, no one can have the upper hand, and then Song Jiang suddenly changed the conversation: "County Yin, I think that I should listen to the words of the person who told you to be accurate." ”

"Yes, let the two accusers come in and talk back." Liu Xianling understood a little, and hurriedly spoke, and the errand officer who was guarding the side went out and called the two people who were waiting outside to come in.

At this time, Sun Tu and Zhang Chuan, who were outside the door, were staring at their luck with big eyes. Zhang Chuanquan didn't expect that this hateful kid would actually ruin his own good deeds here, his eyes were naturally full of anger, if he didn't know that he was in the county office, he would have started to do it a long time ago, but now he can only stare at the other party viciously. But Sun Tu was not threatened by it at all, he also stared at the other party, and after a while, he whispered: "Zhang Chuan, do you know what you are doing?" Once the case is confirmed, I am afraid that you will not be able to escape the charge of being an accomplice to the robbers. ”

"You fart!" Hearing these threatening words, Zhang Chuan became even more angry, and immediately replied: "Wait until you get out of the yamen, see if I don't do you!" Now that he has Liu Yuan as his backer, he is really not afraid of offending Song Jiang.

"Then it depends on whether you have the life to leave the county office." Sun Tu looked confident, and the other party became nervous for a while.

At this moment, the messenger inside summoned them in to reply, and after the two looked at each other, they immediately entered the public house. It's just that after seeing the local county order, the reactions of the two are very different - Sun Tu seemed calm and calm, although he knelt down and saluted, he was neither arrogant nor humble, but Zhang Chuan, who had always had no one in his eyes, suddenly started to be a little stunned at this time, his body trembled and he didn't say anything, and he stumbled when he saw the county Yin.

This contrasting performance fell into the eyes of Liu Song and the others, and Liu Yuan's heart sank suddenly. Only then did he remember that Zhang Chuan was just a street splash after all, and he was most afraid of the government, and things were really bad.

Liu Yaochen immediately said to the two: "You should tell you everything you know about the robbers, and you must not omit anything!" ”

"Yes, the grass people have opened a hotel in Xicheng in this county......" After Sun Tu saw Zhang Chuan's somewhat hesitant expression, he preemptively replied, and retold the words that he had discussed with Song Jiang and them before and after he was drunk - how did he hear someone get drunk and mention that he had seen a suspected treasure in Ji Yang's house, and how he heard someone mention the entry and exit of Zhuang guests before and after the Jijiazhuang case, and even expressed his worries and concerns in his heart before, as well as his final determination.

After saying these words, I heard Liu County's order nodding continuously, and I already recognized Sun Tu's public heart and performance. Then, he set his eyes on Zhang Chuan again, and said with a little disgust: "Zhang Chuan, how did you know about this?" For this scoundrel who is famous in the county, he naturally has no good voice.

Zhang Chuan, who was already nervous, became more and more flustered at this time, and could only stammer: "Grass...... The grass people also heard that Na Chao Gai had appeared at the time of the crime...... appeared in the west of the city, and he has always been very close to the people in the rivers and lakes, thinking that he must have done this case. ”

"That's all?" Liu Zhixian glanced at him dissatisfiedly and asked, "Is there any conclusive evidence?" ”

Zhang Chuan was completely speechless this time, and he didn't prepare so much when he was arranged to come to the county government to report. Fortunately, Liu Yuan helped him explain in time: "County Yin, that Chao Gai is from Dongxi Village in this county, and it is very suspicious to suddenly appear in the west of the city at the time of the crime. Moreover, there were people who had seen him at the scene of the crime. As for the evidence, as long as someone is sent to search it, it will be rewarded. Therefore, he thought that the county governor should immediately send someone to search for people. As he spoke, he glanced at Song Jiang again: "But Song Zhisi acted really decisively, just now as soon as he heard someone complain, he sent Lei Dutou to Jijiazhuang!" "This is giving Song Jiang eye medicine.

Sure enough, Liu Zhixian, who was originally inclined to Song Jiang, changed his face slightly, and said: "What Liu Zhisi said is also somewhat reasonable, since there is suspicion, he should investigate it carefully." Can Zhu Tong be in the county office? ”

Someone went out to spread the word at that moment, and after a while, a man with the same military attache uniform, long beard and a majestic face came into the door, hugged his fists and said: "I've seen the county Yin, I don't know what to order?" "This person is another head of the infantry army in this county, known as Zhu Tong, who is known as the beautiful bearded man.

Liu County's order immediately ordered: "You will lead the soldiers and horses of the capital to Dongxi Village to bring Chao Gai here, and then let people search his home carefully to see if there are any clues about the robbery of Shengchengang!" ”

"Obey." Zhu Tong replied expressionlessly, and then hurriedly exited the door. It wasn't until he went out and turned around that he showed a trace of uneasiness on his face, he had a good relationship with Chao Gai, what if he really found out that he was the culprit behind such a big case? But he didn't dare to cover up the delay, so he could only gather all the people and horses and rush towards Dongxi Village.

And Song Jiang in the house was afraid for a while at this time. If they hadn't seen through Liu Yuan and Ji Yang's conspiracy early on, Chao Gai might have been framed this time and would never have recovered. Zhang Chuan on the side was a little calm, Ji Yang had told him before that he had been prepared by Chao Gai's side, and as long as the government sent someone to investigate, he could find ironclad evidence.

Now, Tina and the people who searched for the suspect have been sent out, and the things that should be asked have been asked, and Liu Yaochen didn't know what to do for a while, so he asked Sun Tu and Zhang Chuan to be arranged aside, just waiting for further development of the case.

At this time, the two priests used the case of the robbery of the birthday gang to fight the law in front of the county Yin, and the matter of fighting the law has been spread all over the government, seeing these people come out, all the officials and officials are full of curiosity, especially Sun Tu, a young man, they are even more interested, and feel that he is really bold, and he dares to confront a figure like Zhang Chuan head-on, and they are constantly discussing in private for a while.

In the anxiety and expectation of everyone, the time came to noon, and suddenly there was a noise in front of the county yamen, and then, a group of officers and soldiers escorted more than 10 people and walked in.

As soon as Song Jiang, who was waiting for the news, heard that it was Lei Heng who was back, he hurriedly threw down the official document in his hand and rushed over to find out: "Is Lei Dutou any gains?" ”

Lei Heng clenched his fists and said: "As Song Zhisi said, I found some clues in Ji Yang Zhuangzi, but Ji Yang was not in the village, so he could only take his two sons Ji Fang, Ji Chang and a few people in charge to come to deal with him." ”

"That's good, let's go and report to the county Yin!" Song Jiang's spirit suddenly perked up when he heard this, and he hurriedly led the way, and took Lei Heng and they walked inside.

After listening to Lei Heng's report, especially after seeing the brocade box and the complete set of jade wine vessels placed in the brocade box, Liu Zhixian's face changed awkwardly: "This ...... Sure enough, it's one of the treasures that was robbed in the Birth Gang! It was found out of Jijiazhuang? ”

"Exactly. When he wanted to take Ji Yang for questioning before, everyone in his village still obstructed it in every possible way, and until his subordinates found this thing in his home, they didn't dare to make another incident. It's only because Ji Yang is not here now, so he only took these few people to listen to the county Yin Faluo. ”

Liu Zhixian no longer hesitated, and immediately shouted: "Bring all the relevant prisoners to the court!" At this time, he was almost sure that this case had a lot to do with Ji Yang and even the entire Ji Jiazhuang, so even the title and attitude were completely different.

After several people from Jijiazhuang were brought to the court, they immediately called out Qu Lai: "The county Yin is wronged, the grass people and others have never done anything illegal and undisciplined, let alone do something like snatching the birth gang......

"Hmph, the evidence is conclusive, you still dare to speak cleverly in front of this official, are you really confused? Come on, take these prisoners out and beat them up severely, I want to see how long they can be hard-mouthed! "Liu County Ling has long been forced to be anxious by this robbery, and now that there is a breakthrough, it is natural to investigate to the end, even if this Ji family has always had some reputation in this county, he can't take care of it.

At that moment, a few officials rushed to the end, dragged a few people who kept shouting grievances outside, and after pressing down, they pulled up the board mercilessly. With such a serious case, and in front of the county order, they didn't dare to have any strength, and with just a few hard strokes, these Ji family members had already screamed miserably, but the board on them did not stop.

Seeing this scene, Liu Yuan became more and more frightened, the other party actually found evidence of the crime, if the Ji family suffered pain but then admitted the crime, wouldn't it be ...... But in such a situation, he didn't dare to interfere anymore, and his only hope was to find the same clue in Dongxi Village, so as to muddy the waters!

Thinking of this, he anxiously looked at the gate of the county government again, expecting Zhu Tong to bring people back quickly......