After Lu Jing left the capital, Xiaoxing stayed overnight, not only one day, but also came to Ganyu Ferry.

Along the way, there were horses in front of them, and there were all kinds of deacons such as silent avoidance signs, flags, gongs, umbrellas, fans, etc., and there were messengers who sounded gongs to open the way, and the momentum was huge, so in addition to the local officials who visited along the way, he did not encounter any obstructions and shouting grievances, colliding with the honor guard, and the two provinces along the way were not within the scope of his inspection, and he did not meddle in his affairs.

Now after Rizhao in Shandong, it has entered Ganyu County, Haizhou, Huai'an Prefecture, and has stepped into the boundary of the south of the Yangtze River.

Jiangnan Province has jurisdiction over Huai'an, Xuzhou, Fengyang, Yangzhou, Chuzhou, Hezhou, Luzhou, Jiangning, Zhenjiang, Changzhou, Suzhou, Songjiang, Taiping, Guangdezhou, Ningguo, Anning, Chizhou, Huizhou and other places.

Lu Jing was thinking about the next route of the trip, when he heard Zhang Dizhou, the commander of the Qincha Guard, report that there was a captain blocking the road in front.

Lu Jing got out of the carriage, straightened his official uniform, and ordered someone to bring the captain over.

When he approached, he knelt down and kowtowed when he was still ten steps away from Lu Jing: "The villain has seen the big man!" ”

Lu Jing looked at him a few times, then asked him to get up, and then asked, "Why are you blocking the road?" ”

After getting up, he said: "The villain was napping on the boat, and suddenly heard a pop in the water, and the villain saw two officials standing on the shore, and they ran away when they heard the sound of the gong on the big man's side, and the villain was uneasy, so he went into the water to check, and salvaged a cowhide bag, which contained a person who had not yet died. ”

Lu Jing frowned when he heard this, and first asked about the situation of the person in the bag, and when he saw that he was fine, he asked again: "Where did the two officials run away?" ”

Lu Jing ordered Zhang Dizhou to send someone to chase the two officials, and asked Lu Lian to wake up the people in the cowhide bag.

Zhang Dizhou had already guessed the truth, eighty percent was the dismissal of the escort prisoners, whose money was collected, and he killed people halfway, so he sent four people to chase after him on horseback.

Seeing that the people had been dispatched, Lu Jing looked around to observe the situation of this ferry, and saw that the water was turbulent, there were no people around, and there were only a few flat boats on the shore, which was a good place to make money and kill people, so he asked: "Can this kind of thing happen often?" ”

Hearing this, the captain trembled, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "The villain is just the first time I have seen it. ”

Seeing that he understood what he meant, Lu Jing couldn't help but smile and continued to ask, "Since it's the first time you see it, why do you want to risk going into the water to salvage the things lost by the officials?" If it is not dark today, the two officials are not afraid of being bumped into by you? ”

The captain was speechless for a moment, his face was panicked, and he didn't know how to reply, but just lay his head on the ground.

Zhang Dizhou said angrily: "I dare to hide it in front of adults, and I don't invite it from the truth." ”

After hearing this, the captain was frightened again, and he couldn't help kowtowing and said: "The villain is the first time I have seen it, I have always heard that someone has committed murder here, but it is all at night, and when it is fished up, people are already dead, and I have never seen it during the day." ”

Lu Jing saw that his words were full of loopholes, and continued to ask: "You come to answer two questions from this official, one is where did the cowhide bags of those two officials come from, and they will not always be on their bodies; Second, since people are thrown into the water, they will naturally go down the river and into the sea, where do you all salvage them from? ”

When he heard this, his face changed drastically, and he almost collapsed to the ground.

Zhang Dizhou originally thought that this matter was purely the result of the dismissal, but when he heard Lu Jing's question, he suddenly realized the problem, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration in his heart, but he was just curious about why this captain had been involved in this matter and why he came to report the case.

Lu Jing ordered someone to escort the two over, and the guard approached and said, "My lord, this is an official document collected from them, and the villain and others dare not open it and look at it, so I will show it to the adults." ”

Lu Jing was about to dismantle it, when he suddenly saw a noisy crowd in front of him, and a civil and military official arrived.

Xu Shaofu, the Tongzhi of Haizhou, Jiang Runnong of Ganyu Zhixian County, and Ling Shunxing of Shuyang Zhixian County, led the civil and military officials to salute and said: "All the civil and military officials in this city welcome the arrival of Lord Qincha. ”

After the two sides finished the ceremony, Xu Shaofu, Jiang Runnong, and Ling Shunxing invited Lu Jing into the city.

Lu Jing instructed Zhang Dizhou to bring a dry man, the two dismissed soldiers, and the people in the cowhide bag with him, and then go to the city with the people.

The deacon opened the way in front, Lu Jing changed to a sedan chair, and thought secretly in the sedan chair, this place is still a few miles away from Ganyu County, they actually ran here to greet them, it seems that they have already inquired about their whereabouts, and then they need to think of a golden cicada to get out of their shells and hide people's eyes, otherwise they can't see the real situation.

The idea was decided, and then I opened the official document to check it, and saw that the prisoner's name was Guo Yong, who was sentenced for injuring Yang Ziming, and was assigned to Shandong Province, and the official document was issued by Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture.

There are not too many facts of the case from the official documents, but from the actions of the two solutions, it can be concluded that the murder of Guo Yong should have been instigated by Yang Ziming.

About half an hour, when he arrived in Ganyu County, Lu Jing took people to live in the Qinjie Courtyard arranged by Jiang Runnong.

Xu Shaofu and Jiang Runnong immediately invited Lu Jing to the banquet to wash the dust for him.

Lu Jing directly declined, and said: "Thank you for your kindness, this official is very tired from rushing for days, and I will face the officials tomorrow." ”

Although Xu Shaofu, Jiang Runnong and others were unwilling, they did not dare to force it, so they had to lead everyone to retreat according to their words.

After Lu Jing rested for two quarters of an hour, he ordered someone to bring Guo Yong over.

It didn't take long for Zhang Dizhou to bring Guo Yong, and after Guo Yong knelt down and kowtowed to thank him, he kept shouting injustice.

Lu Jing saw that he was tall and sturdy, and he was a little brave, so he asked, "What are you wronged?" From the truth, this official is in charge with you, and if you dare to say a lie, you will be condemned to a serious crime. ”

Guo Yong had just learned that the person in front of him was Qincha, and he hurriedly kowtowed: "The villain's name is Guo Yong, and his home is in Beiting Township, Qingpu County, Songjiang. ”

Lu Jing couldn't help but feel angry when he heard this, and asked in a cold voice: "This official sees that you are tall and big, even if you work hard, you won't be unable to live, how can you fall to the point of selling your wife to survive, what do you usually do to make a living?" ”

Guo Yong saw that Lu Jing's face sank, and hurriedly replied: "The villain's family has a few acres of thin fields, but the villain doesn't like to be the cropper, he only likes to make fists and dance sticks, because the villain is born with the strength of a hand, so he sold the field, settled the old lady and the mother-in-law, and made up the travel expenses, so he went to Fujian to serve as a soldier to eat food." ”

When Zhang Dizhou heard this, he nodded secretly, as soon as he saw this person, he felt that the temperament on his body was somewhat familiar, and it turned out to be a soldier.

Guo Yong continued: "The villain led a group of brothers to win a few battles in a row, and I thought that I would at least be promoted, but I didn't want the villain's battalion officer to take the credit of the villain. There is also a villain who sells ditches, because he has a grudge against the villain, so he took the opportunity to frame the villain for violating the camp rules, and the villain was not angry, so he beat him. So they removed the villain's name and drove him out of the barracks. ”

"After the villain went home, the ditch seller refused to let go of the villain, and has been sending people to disrupt the villain's work, the villain not only did not make money, but owed a lot of debt, a few months ago the villain's wife had a sudden illness and went, the villain asked for medical credit, handled the funeral, and owed a lot of silver. Seeing that he couldn't live anymore, the villain discussed with his mother-in-law. ”

Lu Jing was still angry when he heard this, and asked, "You want to sell your wife, how will she react?" ”

Guo Yong hurriedly said: "The villain's wife said that instead of starving to death together, it is better to let the villain become a soldier, and there is a background to hope, she is destined to remarry the villain, and the villain wants to redeem her when she gets ahead in the future." ”

Lu Jing asked with a cold face: "Since you want to sell your wife, why did you commit a crime in Huating County?"

Guo Yong said helplessly: "Because the villain has some notoriety in his hometown, no one in the local area dares to buy the villain's mother-in-law, the villain took her to Huating County, there was a businessman in Hangzhou to buy, the villain saw that he had a good temperament, so he sold it to him, but the villain was still a little uneasy, afraid that the mother-in-law would be bullied, so he quietly followed him. ”

"Who would have thought that when the man left with the villain's mother-in-law, he met the bully of the Yang family at the gate of the city, the bully of the Yang family relied on his old son to be a big official, and his sister was the mother-in-law of the county magistrate, domineering, fierce and cruel, greedy and lustful, so as to be wrongdoer, often rape people's wives and daughters, and steal people's property."

The villain heard that all the women who were snatched home by him would have only one corpse left in a few days, and the people of that county were afraid of him, so they secretly nicknamed him Gou Low Guan, saying that he was a vicious person, and even if he was fed to the dog, the dog would not eat him. The man wanted to rob the villain's mother-in-law, but the villain naturally couldn't watch it, so he rushed up to stop it. ”

"The villain stopped the dog and the thugs at the low pass, and let the merchant take my mother-in-law out of the city first, and worried that they would chase him, so he kept stopping at the city gate, and then came a group of officials, and that group of people were all in cahoots with him, and the villain fought with them, just because they had not eaten enough, and they were caught by them because they had not eaten enough, and they were caught by them because they had not eaten enough, and they wanted to kill the villain in prison, but the villain has been on guard, and they have not succeeded in sending the villain to the army."

Lu Jing's face improved slightly when he heard this, although it was unforgivable to say that selling his wife, he was still affectionate and righteous, so he asked, "Since you have been on guard, why have you been put in a cowhide bag?" ”

Guo Yong said ashamedly: "The villain was afraid that they would use other means along the way, all of which were to beg passers-by for water to drink and eat, who expected to go to this realm, and walked for a day without encountering a family, the villain was hungry and thirsty, and saw that it was broad daylight, so he relaxed his vigilance, drank a few sips of the water they brought, and did not want to go to the road, and was turned over by hemp." ”

After hearing this, Lu Jing didn't ask if what he said was true or not, so he ordered someone to take him down, and then asked someone to bring the solution over.

After the two solutions arrived, they didn't wait for Lu Jing to ask, and explained Guo Yong's affairs clearly.

Lu Jing saw that what they said was basically not much different from what Guo Yong said, and he already knew it in his heart, and asked about Yang Ziming's situation and the style of Huating Zhixian Su Ri, so he ordered someone to suppress them and take care of them, and then summoned the man who reported the case.