After hearing this, Xie Jing also looked serious:

"No wonder I said that Hu'er besieged the city that day, where did the more than 300 people who suddenly appeared with you come from?

It turned out to be a mountain bandit from Tianlin Mountain! Hou Gongzi, are you...... What did you do in collusion with mountain bandits for no reason?! ”

That's right, what did Hou Shigui do in collusion with mountain bandits? Just to plunder Qin Luan?

But how did he manage to get the three hundred mountain bandits to obey his orders? is even willing to send him to his death, attract Hu Er's attention, and create a good opportunity for him to enter the city?

The people present were all smart people, and after Xie Jing did this, they all looked at Hou Shigui with shocked faces.

When Pei Hezhi heard this, he couldn't care about the majesty of the judgment, and said in shock:

"Xie Jing, do you say that the three hundred mountain bandits actually died for Hou Shigui??"

If this is true, then what kind of mountain bandit is it, it is clearly the three hundred dead soldiers raised by the Hou Mansion!

Originally, it was a large family, and it was sparse to raise one or two dead soldiers.

But this Hou Mansion has more than 300 of them!

Where does the money come from? What does he want to raise so many dead soldiers?!

Even the white-faced bearded man outside the hall had a fierce look in his eyes.

An old face sank like a deep pool, and I didn't know what I was thinking.

Hou and Hou Wenbo were also dumbfounded, thinking why did the Tianlin Mountain bandits send Changping to death?

Privately raising dead soldiers, this crime alone is enough to make the Hou Mansion finished.

Although Bao Ji is still arguing for himself:

"You wait for Hugh to talk nonsense, how can my son-in-law collude with mountain bandits? Before that day, he didn't know those bandits! ”

didn't want Bao Ji to say this, but it caused Chen Ling to sneer:

"Don't know each other? Then your son-in-law is a god and a Buddha? As soon as they met for the first time, they let the ferocious mountain bandits throw themselves to the ground and were willing to die?! ”

Bao Ji's face was full of pride:

"Boy, you're really right, my son-in-law is the one who descended to earth!"

"Huh? Hahahaha! ”

For a moment, the court was filled with sarcastic laughter.

Bao Ji was simple-minded, and when he saw that everyone didn't believe it, he was even more ashamed:

"If you don't believe it, just ask Gongzi to save the hostages that day!"

At this time, Qin Luan actually spoke:

"Hou Shigui, I really didn't know the mountain bandits before."

In the cave of the Mountain King that day, she was present, and Hou Shigui and the Mountain King behaved like they did not know each other.

She has a word for it, impartially.

Unexpectedly, no one in the hall listened to her, so Xie Jing was shocked, not to ask Hou Shigui, but to face Hou:

"Hou family, what do you want to raise dead soldiers privately in the Hou Mansion?!"

Private Dead ......

The crime......

Hou's feet were weak, and if it weren't for the maid beside him, he was afraid that he would fall directly to the ground.

Pei Hezhi saw Hou's situation, but she was disheartened when her conspiracy was exposed.

As soon as he stroked his long beard, he said:

"I served the order of the government to investigate Hou Shigui's clever robbery, but I didn't expect such a monstrous case to be involved.

Chen Ling, after this case is completed, I will raise your filial piety! ”

In this era, before the imperial examinations, the official selection method was still the ancient method of filial piety, that is, the way of writing letters of introduction by magistrates or famous people.

The population of Linben County is less than 50,000, and there is only one filial piety quota every year.

Last year, filial piety was Hou Shigui's second brother Hou Wenbo.

Hearing that Pei Hezhi wanted to be filial to himself, he couldn't suppress the joy on his face, and looked at Pei Hezhi deeply:

"The grace of the general judgment, Ling Wan's death is difficult to repay!"

Pei Hezhi nodded quietly, and then turned to Xie Jingyan:

"I also asked the county commander to let the county lieutenant transfer troops and besiege the Hou Mansion first......"

Qin Luan couldn't hear what the two were saying.

Because she knew that Hou Shigui and the mountain bandits didn't know each other at all.

The reason why she pointed out the matter of the mountain bandits was just to let Hou Shigui, a dog thief, be punished.

But the people in this hall didn't listen to their own explanations without saying a word, so they would condemn the Hou Mansion for the great crime of privately raising dead soldiers.

This...... How can it be!

She was about to open her mouth to argue, not wanting that Hou Shigui had already stepped out.

His eyes were cold, and he glanced at the monarchs in the hall around him, and then he said to Xie Jing:

"On that day, in order to save the people outside the city, I deceived you into leading the troops out of the city, it was my fault."

Hearing this, Xie Jing thought to himself that it was good that he had a great luck to relieve the siege of Tianhe, otherwise the crime of abandoning the city and fleeing would be settled, and ten heads would not be enough to cut off.

This is also why he was anxious to cure Hou Shigui's sin as soon as he came back.

Because the people who knew the truth that day, apart from that one, there were only Hou Shigui, Hou Wenbo and Zhang Jin, the county lieutenant.

As long as these three people are eliminated, no one in the world will know that I did not lead troops to help that day, but abandoned the city and fled for my life!

And it's also ...... The command of the One.

Thinking of that person, Xie Jing felt relieved for a while, but after only a moment, Hou Shigui's next words frightened him:

"But because of this, you will harm my family, and the county lord does not want to live for a long time, and let me give you a ride!"

After speaking, Hou Shigui looked at Chen Ling:

"The new farm tool, a total of thirty-nine parts, the picture is drawn by you, then you should know, what these thirty-nine parts look like?!"

Chen Ling has already had a way to deal with this:

"I was beaten by you that day, and I hurt my head, and the time has been long, how can I remember what those thirty-nine parts looked like?!"

Hearing this, the general judge also nodded and said:

"Also, after all, there are thirty-nine parts, who can remember them all?"

Chen Ling said:

"Although I can't remember them all, Xiaomin also remembers what a few main parts look like."

At that moment, he told several important parts of the new farm tool one by one, and that day he personally managed the new farm tool to plow the field, and he had already written down some important parts in his heart.

After talking about five parts in a row, he said:

"Except for these five parts, I can't remember the remaining thirty-four parts."

In this way, the princes in the hall no longer have doubts.

That Xie Jing was frightened by Hou Shigui once, and he also had a grudge against Hou Shigui in his heart.

When he raised his hand to Hou Shigui:

"What else do you have to say?"

"Of course, there is."

Hou Shigui was not in a hurry and looked at Chen Ling:

"You say, the remaining thirty-four parts have forgotten what they look like?"

Chen Ling did not hesitate:

"Exactly! It is inevitable that I was hurt by you that day and had some amnesia. ”

Hou Shigui smiled lightly:

"But I remember that, apart from the five parts you mentioned, there must be a full one hundred and three parts for this farm tool.

How could there be only thirty-four left? ”

There are a hundred and seven parts?!

Deceived by this thief!

However, Chen Ling was not afraid, and only said:

"I have already explained that I was injured by you that day, and I don't remember it clearly, but I will be reminded by you, and then I remembered that there are indeed one hundred and seven parts of the farm tool!"

Chen Ling's words were a bit empty words.

Don't say that the people of the Hou Mansion, even Qin Luan frowned when he heard it.

Thirty-nine and one hundred and seven, there is a world of difference, how can you be mistaken?!

Maybe there is something else going on in this matter?

But the county magistrate, the general judge and others didn't even raise their eyebrows:

"Chen Ling's head was injured, and it is normal to make mistakes, which is not surprising."