After trying to sort out his thoughts, Xiang Kang finally spoke, and said in a calm tone: "County Zun, your analysis is very reasonable, if I am in your position, I will definitely suspect that I, the person who may become the son-in-law of the Yu family, is the one who really bought the murderer to kill the son of the right lieutenant of Ling County." ”

"Yes, when I rushed to ask Yushu for marriage with the son of Shan Youwei, I was indeed a penniless poor boy, and I couldn't find anything of value except for an ice cracking sword left by my ancestors. In order not to marry his daughter to the son of Shan Youwei, who died unexplained by his ex-wife, he could only promise me to use me as a shield to temporarily get rid of the entanglement of Shan Youwei, in fact, he looked down on me at all, and looked down on me, which I know very well. ”

"As the county zun guessed, the two uncles and aunts of the younger generation did take the wild goose to Duke Yu's house to propose to the Yu family, asking Duke Yu to fulfill his promise to marry his daughter to me, and Duke Yu really repented, and found all kinds of excuses to delay and refuse, just to delay the idea of dragging things out."

"But you guessed a little wrong." Xiang Kang's words suddenly took a turn for the better, and he said: "It was the eldest daughter whom Yu Gong once agreed to marry me, although she was indeed beautiful, gentle and virtuous, and a good wife and mother who could not be found. But you should never believe it, in fact, I don't have feelings for her, I have another sweetheart in my heart. ”

"Huh." Zhou Xianling laughed, and said with a sneering face: "Xiang Kang, you are right, you really don't believe what you said, such a good woman, can you not be tempted?" ”

"I can't prove that I'm saying that." Xiang Kang shook his head with a wry smile and said: "But the county respects your misunderstanding of the juniors, and the juniors understand it very well, because if the juniors stand in the perspective of the county respect, I will also be very suspicious, what can a poor boy who has a marriage proposal rejected do in order to be able to marry a rich and beautiful daughter-in-law?" ”

"Buying the murderer to assassinate the son of Shan Youwei, not only got rid of the rival in love, but also took the opportunity to plant the blame on the son of Duke Yu, and then pretended to come forward to be a good person, and sold a great favor to the Yu family, so that the Yu family can only marry their daughter to me to repay the favor under gratitude, I have a beauty and a rich dowry from the Yu family, and I get more in one fell swoop, where to find such a good thing? What's so strange about me taking risks in order to be able to achieve this? ”

"That's right." Zhou Xianling nodded and said calmly: "This is also the key reason why this official suspects that you are the real culprit behind the scenes." ”

Xiang Kang also nodded, and did not refute, but just asked: "County Zun, now the junior only asks you one question, since the junior is the culprit behind the scenes, why do the juniors still run back and forth, kowtowing everywhere, begging someone to save Gongzi Yu?" ”

"Nonsense!" Zhou Xianling sneered and said, "If you don't do this, how can the Yu family accept your affection?" Marry your daughter to you in return for your kindness? ”

"Then why don't the juniors pretend to let the Yu family accept my affection, why do you have to try your best to really save Yu Gongzi? Even risked being suspected by the county, and personally ran to the county to ask you to save him? Xiang Kang raised his voice a little and said, "Wouldn't it be more beneficial for the younger generation to let Gongzi Yu die tragically in the Ling County Prison?" At that time, Yu Gongzi, who only had one son, wouldn't his rich family property be surnamed Xiang? It's all to my son-in-law? Wouldn't I get more for my juniors? ”

Zhou Xianling was stunned, and only then did he realize that he had forgotten to consider this - if Yu Zhi really died in the hands of Shan Youwei, the situation would indeed become more favorable to Xiang Kang, and Xiang Kang could indeed get more benefits.

After hesitating for a long time, Zhou Xian Ling replied slowly: "Maybe you are worried, if Gongzi Yu dies in prison, the Yu family resolutely repents of marriage in anger, and is even more unwilling to marry your daughter to you, you will be empty of people and money, so you are running around trying to rescue Gongzi Yu and sell favors to the Yu family." ”

"It's possible." Xiang Kang nodded calmly, and said, "But county honor, you can ask my eldest brother Feng, what is the attitude of Yushu of the Yu family towards me today before I decide to make a fake case to temporarily save Gongzi Yu's life?" Did you say that she had to rescue her brother before she could marry me? ”

Zhou Xianling turned his gaze to Feng Zhong, Feng Zhong was still righteous, and immediately said: "County Zun, the subordinates can testify, at that time, Yushu of the Yu family had already personally admitted that she was the fiancée of Brother Xiang Kang, and she didn't say anything at all that Brother Xiang must rescue her brother first, and then she could agree to marry Brother Xiang." Moreover, the subordinates could also see that the Yu family Yushu really liked the Xiang Kang brothers. ”

Zhou County Ling stopped talking, and Xiang Kang said again: "County Zun, the junior is such a powerless and powerless Xiaomin, how difficult is it for me to rescue a felony from the county prison?" But the younger generation not only did not flinch at all, but also racked their brains to come up with a way to do a fake case, creating an opportunity for the county to take the opportunity to meddle in that case, and afterwards calmly admitted the truth to the county honor, and was willing to be convicted in order to save people. Especially if Yu Gongzi really dies innocently, the biggest beneficiary is still me, why do I spare no effort to save people? ”

Zhou County Ling was completely silent, and after a long time, Zhou County Ling waved his hand, held down Xiang Kang's official mission, and immediately let go of the person, and Zhou County Ling also said: "Xiang Gongzi, don't blame this official, you are indeed the most suspicious." And this official can also tell you clearly, I am still a little suspicious of you, and I will continue to track you down. ”

"The juniors don't dare." Xiang Kang gave up his hand and said: "County Zun, you can investigate no matter how you want, but before continuing to investigate, the junior still asks for you, you must find a way to rescue the junior Yu family brother, he is really innocent." The county respects you and loves the people like a son, you shouldn't want to see an innocent Daqin citizen being killed alive by the bad deeds of Shan Youwei, right? ”

Zhou Xianling was silent for a while, and then said: "The case of the son of the Yu family is complicated and complicated, and it is not complicated or complicated, the key depends on how the person investigating the case investigates." If this case is handled by the Shan Right Lieutenant in Ling County, your eldest brother Yu will be dead, and the Shan Right Lieutenant will definitely do whatever it takes to impose the charges on his head, and he will definitely find a way to drag you into the water, kill you and Yu Gongzi with one stone, vent your anger with you, and use you to bury his son. ”

"So what should we do?" Xiang Kang asked.

"The best thing to do is to find a way to get Captain Shan out of this case." Zhou Xianling replied: "Changing someone else to preside over the investigation of this case can easily clear the innocence of Gongzi Yu." ”

"So what to do?" Xiang Kang asked.

Zhou County's face was embarrassed, and he said: "This is easier said than done, after all, this official is not the county commander of Ling County, and he does not have the power to directly intervene in the officialdom of Ling County, and Ling County does not belong to Surabaya County, even if this official can ask the county guard of this county to intervene, it will be useless." ”

"County Zun, isn't that Yu Gongzi dead?" Feng Zhong interjected worriedly.

"It's not completely impossible." Zhou County Commander groaned and said, "If we can get any evidence of that Shan Right Lieutenant's crime, we can force Ling County's county order to let Shan Right Lieutenant withdraw from this case." ”

"County Honor, is it okay for the right lieutenant to abuse the punishment?" Feng Zhong, a veteran in handling the case, said cautiously: "Today in the pavilion of Yan Jiting, the subordinate saw with his own eyes that Shan Right Lieutenant abusing his punishment, how about using this excuse to sue him?" ”

"It's useless, the crime of abuse of punishment can be light or heavy for officials, if the county magistrate of Ling County is determined to protect him, you can't sue him." Zhou County Ling shook his head.

"How about investigating the case of his daughter-in-law's suicide?" Feng Zhong refused to give up, and said: "When the subordinate was dealing with the officials of Ling County, he once heard that the daughter-in-law of Shan Youwei had died a little unclear, but because Shan Youwei was protecting his son, no one dared to pursue it. If you can find out the truth of that case, not only can you force that Shan Right Lieutenant to withdraw from Yu Gongzi's case, but you can also directly bring him down? ”

"Is there such a thing?" Zhou Xianling asked in surprise: "Captain Shan is suspected of harboring his son to kill people, is the person who was killed still his daughter-in-law?" ”

"The subordinates dare not deceive, it is true." Feng Zhong replied truthfully: "This matter has long been rumored among the people of Ling County, and the Shiling Pavilion under the rule of the subordinate is bordering Ling County, so I have heard of it more than once. Moreover, the subordinates also heard that the daughter-in-law of Shan Youwei was probably strangled to death by his son, who had a very bad reputation among the people, and disguised himself as hanging. ”

"If that's the case, then the son of that single right lieutenant deserves to die!" Zhou Xianling snorted coldly, and glanced at Xiang Kang, who was still seriously suspicious of himself. However, after careful consideration, Zhou Xianling still shook his head and said: "This method is unrealistic, let's not say that this matter is not within the scope of our subordinate officials, even if it can be secretly investigated, it is not ten days and half a month can have any results, by that time, that Yu Gongzi has either been killed by Shan Youwei, or has been tortured into a trick." ”

Feng Zhong had no choice at all, so he could only obediently close his mouth, and Xiang Kang, who had been racking his brains beside him, suddenly had an idea and hurriedly said: "County Zun, if the junior has a way to prove that Captain Shan once had a holiday with the Yu family, can you let Captain Shan withdraw from Gongzi Yu's case?" ”

"This one does." Zhou County Ling replied: "According to the Great Qin Law, if the official who investigates the case has Chen Xianjie, he cannot participate in it, and he must avoid suspicion." But you have to have ironclad evidence, and you can't win people's trust by oral testimony alone. ”

"The younger generation has ironclad evidence." Xiang Kang nodded hurriedly, and hurriedly said that he had designed to deceive Yan Ji Pavilion to write down the ironclad evidence of the slips, and then said: "That slip, which I later handed over to Duke Yu and used as evidence for their self-defense, must still be there now, and I can take it out at any time to force that guy to come forward to testify." ”

"Ugh." Zhou Xianling sighed, and said with a wry smile: "Xiang Gongzi, do you know that this official is now more suspicious that you did the thing, and only with a scheming like you can you come up with a plan to hire a murderer to kill multiple birds with one stone." ”

"But County Zun, if the younger generation is really so vicious, why don't you go further and deliberately don't save Gongzi Yu when he sees death?" Xiang Kang also smiled bitterly and said, "In this way, wouldn't the younger generation get more?" ”

"Maybe it's because you have a good conscience and can't bear to do things too viciously, so you are running around for that Yu Gongzi to make up for the guilt in your heart."

Zhou Xianling guessed the truth, and calculated in his heart, and said secretly: "This little vertical man is indeed very suspicious, but he can't conclude that he did this case based on speculation alone, if it really wasn't him, his future wife and brother would have died too innocently." But if he really did it, his future wife and brother would also die innocently, and he also cheapened this little man's wealth for nothing, and monopolized the rich family property of that Duke Yu. Well, let's get the innocent out first, and then it's not too late to find out if this little vertical should die. ”

Thinking about this, Zhou Xianling sighed and said: "Okay, for your sake, and because that Gongzi Yu is indeed an innocent victim of the Great Qin, this official is worthy of the imperial court, so I will help you with this." ”

After that, Zhou County, who was proficient in the laws of the Qin Dynasty, quickly calculated, and quickly designed a method for Xiang Kang and others to force Shan Youwei to withdraw from the case around the Jian Mu and Huang San, and then promised to arrange for Sun Jiaopeng, who was the prime minister, to come forward and go to the lower minister to help Xiang Kang and others under the banner of the so-called investigation of the robbery and injury of the bandits. At the end, Zhou County Ling pointed at Xiang Kang again and said: "Xiang Gongzi, you remember, this official helped you in order to save the innocent, and your matter, this official will investigate to the end!" Once it is found out that it was really you who did it, this official will not spare it! ”

"Let's wait until you go to Mangdang Mountain first to catch that little dog nemesis Fan Xu, otherwise no matter how suspicious you are, you won't want to get ironclad evidence." Xiang Kang was disdainful in his heart, but replied respectfully: "Please check carefully, if it is really me who did it, the younger generation is willing to accept all the sins that deserve!" ”

The matter was not over, in the early morning of the next day, Zhou County Ling arranged for his quite capable subordinate Sun Prison Peng to come forward, and after taking two messengers to Ling County to help Xiang Kang and others act, he temporarily drove Xiang Kang and Feng Zhong and others away, and instructed Sun Prison Peng alone: "Sun Prison Peng, when you go to Ling County this time, in addition to doing what I just explained to you, there are two other things, you have to do it quietly." First, you secretly investigate for my own official, whether Yan Jiting's Duke Yu really received Xiang Kang's favor and did not believe his words, and regretted not wanting to marry his daughter to Xiang Kang's son. Second, you can secretly investigate ...... for your own official. ”