There is a carriage not only do not have to be tired, but the speed of the road is also much faster than walking, sitting in a two-seater carriage borrowed from the Yu family, and Sun Jiaopeng, who also took the carriage, rushed all the way, just after noon, Xiang Kang and Feng Zhong and others successfully returned to Yan Jiting, and rushed straight to Yu's house, to find Yu Jian to inform the news, and to ask for the piece of Huang San's handwritten slip.

Of course, the Yu family was also closely watched by the chief of Shiwu himself, which was not surprising, but to Xiang Kang's surprise, when he saw the Yu family's compound from a distance, there was a large group of people gathered in front of the gate of the Yu family, and he didn't know what he was doing. Worried that it was Captain Shan who sent someone to arrest the father and daughter of the Yu family, and even more worried that it was the children of the Xiang family, who had always liked to cause trouble, that there would be any conflict with others, Xiang Kang could only quickly urge Xiang Guan, who was driving the car, to speed up, and only stopped the horse when the carriage drove to the door of the Yu family.

Fortunately, Xiang Kang was worried about it in vain this time, neither the official with the sword and rope was seen in the crowd, and the children of the Xiang family also stayed in the gate of the Yu family honestly - but their faces were generally not good-looking. When Xiang Kang looked closely, he found that it was the local chief who was in charge of monitoring the Yu family, with the strong men of the same army, surrounded a few men and women who didn't know where they came from, and those men and women were also talking to the chief of Yan Jiting with a wild goose and a bag of gifts.

“…… We really came to ask for a kiss, and Duke Yu sent someone to bring a message to our Chen family, saying that he was willing to marry his daughter to my little brother, so we came, but we didn't know that something happened to the Yu family suddenly, so we knocked on the door directly to enter without inquiring, so that you misunderstood. ”

"Look, this is our talisman, we are all from the Chen family of Siwuting in the north, this aunt is the matchmaker we invited, and she also brought a talisman, which can prove her identity, we really just came to ask for a kiss."

Carefully checking that the willow wood talisman of those men and women was not forged, Yan Jiting's chief was inevitably a little confused, and said: "Didn't Duke Yu already promise to give his eldest daughter to Xiang Gongzi of Xiaxiang County?" You don't know? Why did he come and ask his eldest daughter for marriage again? ”

"I know, but when Gong Yu asked someone to bring a message, he said that he would settle the matter between him and the Xiang family, and asked us to just come and ask for marriage." A strange man from outside explained: "That's why we came to ask for marriage today, but we really didn't know that this kind of thing would suddenly happen to the Yu family." ”

Hearing this, Feng Zhong, who was sitting next to him, was inevitably a little surprised, and hurriedly asked Xiang Kang, "Brother Xiang, what's the matter?" Listening to the tone, the Yu family seems to be planning to repent of the marriage, what are you still tossing? ”

Xiang Kang didn't have any expression, and said very lightly: "It's not strange, I expected it as early as I expected." ”

At this time, the chief of Yan Jiting had already asked people to disperse, and the men and women who had already proved their identities should not know the situation yet, so they actually said to the children of the Xiang family who were standing in the courtyard of the Yu family: "Please ask a few little brothers to bring a message to Duke Yu, just say that we will come back in a while, I won't bother today, see you next time." ”

After that, the men and women hurriedly left with the wild goose and the courtship gifts, but the children of the Xiang family were all pale, and strode out of the gate of the Yu family under the leadership of Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Zhuang also yelled at Xiang Kang on the carriage: "Xiang Kang, come down, return the carriage to the Yu family, let's go!" ”

Xiang Kang hesitated and didn't speak, and he didn't move, but Xiang Zhuang came up and directly pulled Xiang Kang off the carriage, and shouted: "Go!" Don't be disgraced here! ”

"Xiang Gongzi ——!" Yu Miaoge rushed out of the door of his house with tears on his face, rushed to Xiang Kang's knees and knelt down, and said silently: "My family is sorry for you!" I'm sorry for you! I will repay you, even if it is a cow and a horse, and a grass ring, I will repay you! But you can't go, I beg you! ”

Xiang Zhuang ignored Yu Miaoge, who was crying to death, and dragged Xiang Kang to leave, Yu Miaoge panicked, and quickly opened his arms to hug Xiang Kang's legs, crying: "Xiang Gongzi, I beg you, please don't go!" I will repay you, I will definitely repay you! ”

Yu Jiao, the little girl of the Yu family that Xiang Kang really liked, also walked out of the door, and also walked to Xiang Kang's front and knelt down on her knees, choking and pleading: "Brother, Brother Xiang, I beg you, this is not my family's fault, but I beg you not to go, don't leave my family behind, now it is you who can help my family." ”

Yu Jian also stumbled out of the door, ran to Xiang Kang and knelt down on his knees, kowtowing again and again in tears, but he didn't dare to say anything, nor did he dare to make any sound. During this period, of course, everyone's eyes were focused on Xiang Kang's face, and Sun Xuanpeng, who was sent to help by Zhou County's order, was also staring at Xiang Kang without saying a word.

It was still a long time before Xiang Kang opened his mouth, and said to Xiang Zhuang who was holding him in a hoarse voice: "Brother, I remember that you once said that the most respected person in the ancients, in addition to our deceased father, is Wei Wuji, the Xinling Jun of Wei, right?" ”

"Why do you ask this?" Xiang Zhuang asked rhetorically.

Xiang Kang didn't answer, but said to himself: "After Xinling Jun stole the talisman to save Zhao, he was forced to go into exile in Zhao and did not dare to return to his mother country for several years, but when his mother country Wei was in trouble, the King of Wei sent someone to ask him for help, and he still returned to the country without hesitation, and led the army to defeat the invading Qin army and save Wei. The Yu family is indeed sorry for us, but his family is not without kindness to us, at least, without the silk given to us by the Yu family, we can't afford to hire medical workers to treat the sick third uncle and mother, right? ”

Xiang Zhuang understood what Xiang Kang meant, and reluctantly let go of Xiang Kang's hand, and Xiang Kang said again: "For my sake, help this favor to the end, and then I will settle it with the Yu family, brother, and all brothers and sisters, I beg you." ”

The children of the Xiang family stopped talking, and the expressions on their faces became a little more vivid, and Feng Zhong gave Xiang Kang a thumbs up and said, "Brother, the eldest brother knows that you will not be so stingy and will not leave the Yu family alone." ”

At this time, Sun Xuanpeng's eyes were already full of admiration and appreciation when he looked at Xiang Kang, and the father and daughter of the Yu family kowtowed again and again, crying bitterly and thanking him again and again, Xiang Kang said: "No thanks, let's go in and talk, we don't have much time, we have to hurry up and get down to business first." ”

After entering the room, Xiang Kang of course urged Yu Jian to quickly find out the piece of Jian Mu and hand it to himself, and comforted his brothers with kind words, asking them to continue to take care of the father and daughter of the Yu family for their own lives, and then without saying a word to the Yu family sisters, he hurried out with the Jian Mu, led Feng Zhong, Xiang Guan and Sun Prison Peng directly to find Huang San in Yan Ji Pavilion, and rushed directly into Huang San's house, grabbed the earth-colored Huang San and spoke.

When talking to Huang San, Xiang Kang first took out ten pieces of gold and put them in front of him, and then showed the slip he had written by himself before, and said: "Huang Lidian, now you have two choices, one is that we will take you to Ling County to see the officials, and accuse you of colluding with the officials to frame innocent people. The second is that you accept the ten gold, accompany us to Ling County to tell yourself, and take the initiative to explain that Captain Shan forced you to frame the Yu family. Choose for yourself, which path would you like to take? ”

"Xiang Gongzi! Spare me! Huang San knelt down to Xiang Kang with a plop, and cried and said, "I don't dare!" I don't dare to tell myself! If I offend Captain Shan, I'll die! You let me go! ”

"Then we'll take you to the official!" Xiang Kang said coldly: "Anyway, the effect will be the same when the time comes, it can also prove that you and Captain Shan secretly colluded to frame the innocent, and your crime is even heavier, and Captain Shan will not let you go either." ”

After finishing speaking, Xiang Kang put ten gold in front of Huang San and said, "Finally, I will give you a chance, accept twenty gold, and accompany us to the county to sue and receive a misdemeanor." Looking at your family background, I'm afraid you won't be able to earn 20 gold in this life, which is enough for you to eat for the rest of your life. And I can also tell you clearly, as long as your self-prohibition can pull Shan Right Lieutenant off his horse and make him lose his position, he will not be able to retaliate against you again. ”

"But what if I can't pull him off the horse?" Huang San asked tremblingly.

"Then you will move to the Shiling Pavilion." Xiang Kang said quietly: "When I arrived at Shiling Pavilion, I will keep your whole family safe, how I treat my friends, you have also seen it with your own eyes." Whether you want to be my enemy or my friend, you choose! ”

Huang San hesitated for a long time and didn't dare to make this decision, Xiang Kang and the others were impatient, and dragged him away, Huang San's soul was scattered, and in order not to be guilty of a serious crime, he could only quickly say: "Xiang Gongzi, I'll go and sue myself, I'll go and sue myself!" You let me go, and I'll go myself. ”

"Very well, count yourself smart. Tell your mother-in-law to put away the gold and come with me!" ”

Even coaxed and frightened to pull Huang San out of the door, Xiang Kang and the others got into the carriage again, and drove the carriage all the way to the county seat of Lingxian County, and then hurried slowly, and finally rushed to the city of Lingxian before the gate closed after dark, and found the location of the official temple. Then Sun Prison Peng stepped forward to reveal his identity, and Huang San also stepped forward under the pressure of Xiang Kang, and showed his identity to the officers of the Lingxian Guansi, saying that he was afraid of Shan Youwei's personal revenge, and specially told himself to prove that Shan Youwei and Yu Zhi, who was arrested yesterday, had met Chen, and asked Shan Youwei to avoid suspicion and withdraw from the case of Yu Zhi's suspected murder for hire.

Although the Chen County Commander of Ling County was very dissatisfied with Huang San's following complaint, because of the strict Qin law and the important officials of the neighboring county to observe, he had to immediately summon the county officials such as the county Cheng and the prison Peng to personally try Huang San's self-confession case overnight.

In the hall of the county temple, the blue and black face of Shan Youwei naturally denied that he had used his promotion to make a wish to buy Huang San, and asked Huang San to help him take revenge on the Yu family, and Huang San, who had no way out, insisted that there was indeed such a thing, and each had its own reason, and Huang San had no way to prove that Shan Youwei had such a verbal promise, and Shan Youwei had no way to prove that Huang San was talking nonsense, and the case was completely deadlocked.

However, this is exactly the result that Xiang Kang and others need, and in the case of not being able to quickly investigate this case, Ling County's Chen County Order can only announce that Huang San will be temporarily imprisoned in the county prison pending investigation, and at the same time, he has to order Shan Youwei to withdraw from Yu Zhi's case to avoid suspicion. Of course, Shan Youwei was furious about this, and Chen Xianling said helplessly: "Shan Jun, there is no way, Daqin has a legal code, and this official, as the court official of Daqin, can only act according to the law." But don't worry, in the case of your son-in-law's murder, this official will definitely investigate to the end, find out the real culprit and deal with it, and will definitely not let him die unjustly in vain! ”

is also constrained by the strict and complicated Qin law, Shan Youwei can only reluctantly agree to withdraw from Yu Zhi's case to avoid suspicion, but Shan Youwei pointed to Xiang Kang, who was listening below, and roared: "County Zun, you must investigate this shaft, he is very suspicious, my son is likely to be killed by the murderer he bribed!" ”

After glancing at Xiang Kang, who had a relaxed expression, Chen Xianling nodded and said, "Don't worry, this official will definitely investigate him carefully!" ”

The next thing is, of course, more complicated, with the help of Sun Prison Peng, first Feng Zhong came forward and secretly sent the gold to Wu Prison Peng in Ling County, begging him to promise to save Yu Zhi's life, and then the legal system machine in Ling County was fully launched, while investigating Huang San's self-prosecution case, and at the same time making every effort to track down the murder case of Shan Gongzi. Then, it was normal and indeed innocent Yu Zhi was quickly excluded from the list of key suspects, but Xiang Kang gradually surfaced and became the key suspect of Ling County officials.

The reason why the officials of Ling County were suspicious of Xiang Kang was, of course, that Fan Xu, who had very obvious physical features, had appeared in Shiling Pavilion, not only bought a knife from Xiang Kang, but also drank wine with Xiang Kang. However, Xiang Kang, of course, refused to admit it, and insisted that he and Fan Xu were just ordinary customers who bought and sold iron knives, and also showed a letter of introduction from Cao Shen, the Peixian Prison Peng that Fan Xu had left for him, proving that Fan Xu, who had bought knives from him, was an official of Pei County, and asked the county official Ling to go to Pei County to find Fan Xue to assist in the investigation.

“…… You see, this is the legend left by that Fan Xu, he is a jailer in Pei County, and he came to me to buy a knife for Cao Prison there, not a thief from Ju Yeze. Also, you see, this is the fifty gold that Fan Xu bought a knife, I haven't even opened the package, and he still owes a part, and he is going to send it to ...... next time he buys a knife, huh? ”

When handing over the gold used by Fan Hao to buy the knife to the Ling County official to check, when he opened the package and took out the gold to testify, Xiang Kang suddenly found that something was wrong, and quickly took out the gold and put it on the anvil used to beat it, found a hammer to knock it, and then smashed it twice, Xiang Kang was dumbfounded-the so-called gold actually cracked directly as soon as it was smashed, revealing the pig iron lumps wrapped in it......

Unwilling to give up, he took out two more pieces of gold and beat them, and after smashing them out were all pig iron lumps, Ling County Zuowei and Feng Zhong and others, who personally led the team to Shiling Pavilion to investigate the case, were also dumbfounded, Xiang Kang was furious, pulled out his sword and rushed forward, and shouted wildly: "Fan Xu! I'll fuck you! How dare you lie to me with fake gold! Sixty of my finest steel knives——! ”

Before the matter was over, after the Ling County officials hurriedly rushed north to Pei County to track down Fan Xu, Sun Xuanpeng, who was ordered to come forward to help Xiang Kang and Feng Zhong and others, also had to return to Xia Xiangcheng to wait for the results of the investigation because the case was at an impasse, and he also quietly came to Zhou County's order and reported to Zhou County's order the results of the other two things he had secretly investigated.

“…… Yan Jiting's Yu Gong, not only did not believe his words, but also married a daughter and a second wife, and secretly sent someone to bring a message to the Chen family, a famous wealthy family in Siwuting, and asked the Chen family to come to the door with gifts to ask for marriage, which was particularly excessive. What's even more shameless is that after the Chen family accidentally shook things out, Yu Gong's old man was not ashamed to continue to beg Xiang Gongzi to help save his son. ”

"What was Xiang Kang's reaction at that time?" Zhou Xianling temporarily interrupted Sun Xuanpeng and asked, "He must be heartbroken, right?" ”

"Not really." Sun Prison Peng replied: "And the subordinates can also see that Xiang Gongzi doesn't care much about that family business, and he doesn't seem to like the Yu family's unusually beautiful Yushu very much, as if he has no feelings." ”

"No feelings?" Zhou Xianling asked in surprise: "Didn't you say that the Yu family's Yushu is unusually beautiful and moving?" Xiang Kang is so young and has a marriage contract with her, can he have no feelings of love between men and women? ”

The subordinates also felt strange, but it was true, Xiang Gongzi was very cold to that Yu family Yushu, not as if he liked her. On the contrary, it was the Yu Shu of the Yu family who seemed to be very willing to marry Xiang Gongzi. Sun Prison Peng replied truthfully: "The subordinates can guarantee that they will not be mistaken, after so many years of trial of the case, whether there is a love relationship between men and women, the subordinates can definitely see it." ”

"Strange thing, that little vertical son values love and righteousness, and he looks quite handsome, it's not surprising that he is liked by girls, but how can he be so cold to that Yushu of the Yu family?" Zhou Xianling was even more surprised, and asked casually: "What about the son of the right lieutenant?" Is it really suspected of killing his wife? ”

"It's not alleged, it's for sure." Sun Prison Peng replied: "The subordinates are secretly investigating in Ling County, and it is certain that Shan Gongzi definitely killed his wife with his own hands, but his family is rich and powerful, and the officials of Ling County dare not and are unwilling to track down, so they have always let him go unpunished." ”

"In this way, that single boy really deserves to die." Zhou Xianling nodded, snorted again, and said, "Good kill!" The problem that the code can't solve, and letting the Jianghu rangers do the way for the sky is also a way. ”

"County Zun, what should I do next?" Sun Prison Peng asked again: "Do you want to investigate it secretly, and find out whether Xiang Kang hired a murderer?" The subordinates felt that he was still a little suspicious, and the Peixian jailer Fan Xu, who deceived him with fake gold, was really the murderer. ”

Zhou County's order didn't answer, and he said after a while: "No need, the surname Shan was killed in Ling County, and according to the imperial court code, it should be investigated by the officials of Ling County, and we can't do much of it." Moreover, this case is so complicated, there are so many places and people involved, no one is sure whether the real culprit can be traced, so why should we ask for trouble? Can't explain to the above when you report your work? ”

When Sun Xuanpeng, who knew how complicated and troublesome this case was, nodded and agreed, Zhou Xianling added another sentence in his heart, and said: "Those with the surname Shan should be killed, and those with the surname Yu should be punished, Xiao Zhuzi, for the sake of this, and for the sake of your conscience, let you go this time." Otherwise, the official will not believe that there are really no clues to be found! ”