"Well, okay, the official is afraid that you will not be used to living in prison, so I will bring you some good wine and food, and treat it as a supper," the county order poured a glass of wine for Gou Cai after speaking.

Gou Cai drank all the wine in the cup, stretched out his chopsticks and put the food in his mouth, chewed it slowly, and said: "Lord County Order, you are so good to me and other people, I'm afraid it's because the drunkard is not in the bar." ”

"You're right," the county magistrate picked up the wine glasses in his hand and drank them together, and drank the wine in the cup together, and said: "This official is indeed a drunkard, and he doesn't mean to drink, you say that the death of a drunk man is dead, and if he dies, how else do you need to check, this official really doesn't know, what does your master want to do?" This official stayed up all night for this matter and couldn't figure out your master's thoughts, for what? I can't afford to offend a little sesame official, and I can't afford to bear this toss, what do you say your master is for? At this time, the prefectural order seemed a little anxious.

"You really don't know why my lord?"

"If this official knows and figures it out, why did he come to you before dawn?"

"Actually, it's very simple, my lord and my lord have the same thoughts, and the reputation of the He family is more important than their own, but the way they do things is different. Do you know that my lord clarified this matter to the world through your government, so as to maintain the reputation of the He family? ”

"You have confused the official, how can you clarify the reputation of the He family?"

"I really don't know how you came to be in this Qipinzhi County, that is, tomorrow the temple will announce that the drunk man was found to be drunk to death after the government has verified it, and the little one is acquitted, so won't it be clarified that the drunkard's death has nothing to do with the He family?"

"Oh, this official understands," the county order cleared the mystery in his heart like seeing the light of day, and even the pace of getting out of the prison was much easier.

As soon as the morning dawned, He Jiehao put the written letter in the envelope, called in his entourage He Erbao, and said: "He Erbao, send this letter to the capital to find Lord Mu Zhang'a, the servant of the Criminal Department, and transfer the official file and the old file of Heyuan for use." ”

"Yes, sir."

"Remember, go and come back."

As soon as the morning dawned, He Jiehao once again entered the dense forest in the backyard, standing under the big tree and thinking about where the body was hanging. Standing here and looking up at it, think that the corpse was hanging very high, even above his head. The rattan hung on the branches and swayed in the wind, and from time to time there was a foul smell, many flies circled and buzzed, so they called someone to take off the rattan, carefully observed the smile on the face slowly, did you understand something?

At this time, the government announced that the drunkard Hu 13 died drunk in the backyard of the He family, which had nothing to do with the murder of the He family, and the suspect Gou Cai was acquitted. At this time, the subordinates of the He family can walk out of the county hall openly and look up at the morning sun, and his heart is much brighter like this sun.

"Master, master," a subordinate said as he rushed into the dense forest and stood behind He Jiehao.

He Jiehao turned to face this subordinate and said, "What happened?" Take your time. ”

"Gou Cai was acquitted."

"What did you say?" He Jiehao was shocked when he heard about this and asked.

"Gou Cai was acquitted."

He Jiehao hurriedly walked out of the dense forest and entered the hall, Gou Cai looked at He Jiehao standing next to him and saluted, and said, "Master," He Jiehao just nodded with a "um" sound, and looked at the Taigong in the hall: "Father, what's going on?" ”

"You'd better let him speak," Taigong said with some seriousness. It seems that Taigong has severely criticized Gou Cai, and he always droops his head when he sees Gou Cai. looked at He Jiehao, who was sitting next to him, and said slowly: "Master, it was the slave who mistakenly thought that the purpose of the master to let the county order arrest the slave was to use the government's announcement that the drunk man died drunk in the dense forest in the backyard, and it had nothing to do with the He family's murder out of hatred. ”

"Dog minion, you are so bold, your good advocacy is not to ruin the reputation of our He family, come on, drag this dog slave out of the cane fifty, let him have a long memory," He Jiehao was angry after hearing this, and slapped one hand on the desk. Gou Cai was shocked and knelt on the ground with weak legs, looking at the wooden planks that stood up in the hands of the people on both sides, thick and heavy, which had to break the skin of his buttocks, and begged for mercy, saying: "Master, spare your life!" The slave knows that he is wrong, spare his life! ”

When Taigong saw Gou Cai begging for mercy in the hall, he couldn't bear it, and pleaded for him: "Hao'er, since he has already known that he is wrong, he will be relieved, the top priority is what should be done now?" ”

"If you do it again in the future, you won't be spared, you know?"

"The slave doesn't dare, he doesn't dare," Gou Cai knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

"You go down first."

"Master Xie, Master Xie," Gou Cai stood up and bent his knees and nodded continuously, with a pitiful smile on his face, as if he was begging for mercy from his master, and the steps of exiting the hall were indeed so light. He Jiehao looked at Gou Cai who was leaving, maybe thinking in his heart that this person was a villain, and if he had the will, he would be a disaster, so he slowly shook his head and was worried. Then he looked at the prince who was sitting in the lobby.

"Hao'er, since Gou Cai has already known that he is wrong, you can see if you should send him to the county government prison again first," Taigong sat on the lobby and pondered for a long time before saying.

"Father, according to the child, if this county order is not a corrupt official, it must be a mediocre official, and we don't expect him to solve the case, and besides, the child can't cure these corrupt officials if he is not an official here, so he is afraid that he will be impeached by him too quickly, wait and talk about it, only by grasping his handle will he obey you, and he can concentrate on solving the case, and he may be able to cure him by acting like this," He Jiehao said with some embarrassment at this time.

The county magistrate stood in front of the gate of He Mansion, and Gou walked out of the gate. The county magistrate pulled Gou Cai aside, spoke in a very small voice, and said, "Gou Cai, I don't know how your master reacted to your acquittal this time?" ”

"I don't know this little one, I don't know why the county magistrate is here?"

"This official is here to visit your lord this time, you should hurry up and report it," the county magistrate straightened his back, and his face was not so good-looking.

"Please wait a moment, the little one will go and inform the master," Gou Cai entered and closed the door. Gou Cai ordered a subordinate to enter the lobby and said, "Master, the county commander is asking to see you outside the door." ”

"Why did the county magistrate come here to see this official?" He Jiehao looked at Taigong and said with some hesitation.

"This person must have come here to listen to the truth," and then faced this subordinate: "Just say that the official is not there, and if he has something to do, please come back another day." ”

Gou Cai walked out of the house and said very arrogantly: "My master is not here, and he has something to do." Lord Prefectural, you might as well come back another day. ”

"Did your lord tell me where he went? When will I be able to come back? ”

"I don't know about this little one, maybe it's going to visit someone. When the lord comes back, the little one will naturally tell the prefectural magistrate, the prefectural magistrate, please go back," after finishing speaking, he entered the palace gate and closed the gate.

The county magistrate came to visit, but he didn't expect to eat a closed door, and said a little unconvinced: "What is it," flicked his sleeves and sat in the official sedan chair and left.

Emperor Jiaqing sat in the Yangxin Hall and was busy reviewing the recitals, only one personal eunuch stood aside and waited, and many court officials stood outside the Yangxin Hall waiting for the emperor's summons. When the sun was three poles, Emperor Jiaqing put down the red pen in his hand, stretched his waist, looked at the eunuch beside him, and said, "Oroli, what time is it?" ”

"Your Majesty, it's almost time now, and your lordships are waiting to be summoned?"

"Quickly pass on the squire of the Punishment Department, Mu Zhang'a."

The eunuch Oroli walked out of the Heart Cultivation Hall and preached to the adults: "Mu Zhang'a, the squire of the Punishment Department. ”

Mu Zhang'a entered the Heart Cultivation Hall and saw Emperor Jiaqing kneeling and bowing: "The ministers pay their respects to the emperor." ”

"No need to be polite, Mu Aiqing got up and replied."

"Emperor Xie," Mu Zhang'a stood up and bowed to the side. Emperor Jiaqing looked at Mu Zhang'a and said, "Mu Aiqing, you can sit down closely." ”

"Emperor Xie," Mu Zhang'a stepped forward and sat opposite Emperor Jiaqing, Emperor Jiaqing ordered the eunuch to bring two bowls of rice porridge, and said, "Mu Aiqing hasn't eaten breakfast yet, I haven't eaten breakfast after a night of music, and I'm hungry, let's have breakfast with me." ”

Mu Zhang'a knelt down again and said, "Thank the emperor for giving him porridge." ”

"Mu Aiqing, don't be polite, get up and sit."

Mu Zhang'a got up and sat down, looked at the bowl of gruel that the emperor ate, felt something, and said, "The emperor has to take care of the dragon's body." ”

"The upper reaches of the Yellow River burst the embankment, and the people in the lower reaches of the Yellow River have suffered from floods, and the people cannot settle down here, which is deep and painful, so we save money to build the Yellow River water lift."

"The emperor's diligence is a blessing to me!"

"Mu Aiqing has a lot of reputation, what happened to He Aiqing's transfer to Chengdu County's official file and Heyuan's old file?"

"As far as the minister knows, there was a murder case in He Yuan, so Lord He asked the minister to help Chengdu County Order Yan's official file and his old file in Heyuan."

"What homicide?"

"A drunk man died drunk in the He Yuan case."

"Okay, I ordered He Jiehao to inspect the Qincha for Sichuan, solve the case within a time limit, and then rush to Zhejiang to take office."