Da'an Fang, Fang Gate.

Li Tianran is leading the bad people to carefully inspect all the passers-by, but after being busy for a few hours, he still found nothing, and Li Tianran couldn't help but feel a little weak in his heart, could it be that the thief had left Da'anfang.

Wang Tianbao also had a sad face, but it was also inconvenient, he saw that there were few people around, so he hurriedly came over and asked in a low voice: "Li Tianran, according to your opinion, is this thief still in this Da'an Fang?" If we escape, won't we be working in vain? ”

Li Tianran pondered for a moment, and replied softly: "Lord Hui, since the incident last night, we have been tightly blocking Da'anfang, and it is impossible for the thief to escape, unless... There are things we missed, but it's probably not very good! But... Li Tianran looked left and right, and then leaned closer and whispered: "My lord, in the opinion of the lower officials, no matter whether the murderer escapes or not, we must investigate thoroughly here, and there must be no slackness!" ”

Wang Tianbao frowned, and asked with a puzzled expression, "Why is this?" Tell me about it. ”

Li Tianran replied in a low voice: "We strictly investigate this place, if we can't catch the murderer, the saint will blame him, at most it will be unfavorable to arrest; But if there is some relaxation, if the murderer takes the opportunity to escape, it will be in the hands of the right minister, and then we will be guilty of dereliction of duty, then it will be a big trouble! ”

Wang Tianbao nodded again and again after hearing this, and whispered: "You are right!" Then we will continue to investigate according to your wishes! ”

While Wang Tianbao was talking, Li Tianran suddenly frowned, his eyes had already turned to Wang Tianbao's back, he didn't dare to wait long and immediately ran over, he glanced at Li Zheng who was inspecting, and reprimanded loudly: "Why did the group just now let them go without inspection?" ”

Li Zheng saw that it was Li Tianran, his face was full of disdain, and he muttered: "That's a group of beggars!" No name! Rushing out of the workshop to beg, the body is smelly and dirty, how to check? ”

Li Tianran was so angry that his muscles suddenly burst out, and he immediately turned around and chased after him outside the square without waiting for a rebuttal, but fortunately the group of beggars did not go far, Li Tianran immediately shouted loudly: "Stop!" ”

When the beggar heard someone calling behind him, he was frightened, and in an instant he scattered like a bird, and began to flee in all directions outside the fang! Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Tianran immediately shouted at the bad people behind him: "Catch the murderer!" In the midst of these beggars! ”

Seeing this, everyone immediately drew their knives and chased after the beggars like crazy, and the group of beggars were even more frightened when they saw this, and for a while they began to run around like crazy! When Li Tianran and his gang arrived, only a little beggar with his feet paralyzed with fright was left on the ground! The little beggar didn't seem to be very old, it should be less than twenty, Li Tianran suddenly reprimanded: "What are you waiting for?" ”

The little beggar glanced at Li Tianran, and suddenly cried bitterly: "I... I'm afraid... A-Niang is... So caught by the officials.,Giving.。。。 Killed... Her voice was even more surprising to Li Tianran, it was actually a girl, Li Tianran looked carefully, the girl looked a little pitiful, plus what happened to her, her heart suddenly felt compassion... He waved his hand at the bad guy behind him and said, "Chase... Others! ”

After seeing that the bad people had dispersed, the little beggar slowly got up, and while touching his tears, he said, "Official... Home, can you... Don't be like killing Niang... Kill me like that ... I'm hungry... His voice had long since lost his strength as he spoke.

Li Tianran looked at it carefully, and the compassion in his heart was even greater, and he immediately sighed, took out a few copper coins from his arms, handed them to the little beggar, and said, "Go... Buy something to eat. So he turned around and chased after the others.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the beggars who had escaped just now were all arrested, Wang Tianbao looked at these smelly and dirty beggars, his heart suddenly became disgusted, and he covered his nose and shouted: "Who are you waiting for the murderer!" Stand up for me! so as not to suffer from flesh and skin! ”

Hearing him say this, several beggars immediately curled up in fright and began to beg loudly for mercy! Seeing this, Wang Tianbao was immediately furious, picked up the leather whip and whipped it towards several people, and the beggar was beaten and screamed, rolling back and forth on the ground!

Seeing this, Li Tianran was also a little unbearable, so he hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Wang Tianbao and persuaded: "My lord, let's interrogate first and then fight." ”

Wang Tianbao saw that the intercessor was Li Tianran, so he stopped, threw the whip casually, and continued to reprimand loudly: "If you don't want to be whipped, you can summon them as soon as possible, and expose each other!" ”

A beggar trembled and knelt down and sobbed, "Return... Back to the official's house, we were originally Luoyang people, but our family suffered a disaster, so we begged all the way here, these are all villagers in the township, how can there be any murderers? Is the official family ... Mistaken! ”

"Dare to quibble? Do you have to torture the official to say it? Wang Tianbao immediately reprimanded loudly.

As soon as these words came out, the beggar hurriedly slammed his head on the ground and sobbed: "What we say is the truth, and the official family can go to check our household registration to know the truth." ”

Wang Tianbao saw that this person was also a little confident in speaking, but it didn't seem like a lie, and he didn't know what to do for a while, so he gave Li Tianran a look, Li Tianran understood, and stepped forward and asked: "You say that you are innocent, then I ask you, why did I let you stand just now, you want to run away desperately, could it be that there is something unspeakable, and I am afraid in my heart?" ”

Hearing this, the beggar hurriedly raised his head and said loudly: "The little one doesn't dare to deceive, it was a little beggar who found us this morning, gave each of us some broken silver, and asked us to go out of the workshop with her, and explained to us, if there is an official reprimand, let us and the other four flee with their heads!" ”

"What !!" Li Tianran suddenly felt a blank in his brain, and suddenly felt a sense of Tianxuan, could it be... Li Tianran hurriedly asked, "What does that little beggar look like?" Do you remember? ”

The beggar thought for a moment and replied, "It seems to be a... The girl is not very old, but there is a lot of dirt on her face, and she doesn't see her appearance clearly... ”

"Since I don't know others, I will give you broken silver, and you don't ask why you dare to agree to others casually???" Li Tianran was suddenly furious!

The beggar looked aggrieved and muttered, "The official family... I don't know, we are almost starving to death, and when we see that we can buy food with money, how dare we ask so much, in case... He went to find someone else, and we won't have anything left... ”

"You !!!" At this time, Li Tianran was already trembling with anger, pointing at the beggar and unable to speak for a long time!

Seeing this, Wang Tianbao hurriedly stepped forward to help, and asked with concern: "Li Tianran, what's wrong with you?" Could it be that something is wrong? ”

Li Tianran glanced at Wang Tianbao sideways, his face was full of guilt, and after thinking about it, he finally said softly: "Lord Hui, we have fallen for the murderer's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, and the murderer has escaped... ”

"Ran away!!" Wang Tianbao was suddenly shocked, he hurriedly grabbed Li Tianran's arms and asked, "Who is the murderer?" How did you run? ”

Li Tianran said with remorse: "It's the little beggar who collapsed to the ground just now!" He used these beggars as cover and ran away... ”

"Ah!! There is such a thing! Wang Tianbao was so frightened that his hands loosened, and the whole person was almost paralyzed, but fortunately there was someone behind him, so he was supported! He slowed down and shouted, "Chase! The murderer should not have gone far! ”

Li Tianran waved his hand and said: "My lord, it's useless, the murderer is good at disguise, at this moment, the doors of each workshop have been opened, presumably she has already disguised herself again, blended into the crowd, and disappeared without a trace!" ”

Wang Tianbao walked over weakly and asked softly: "Li Tianran, think about it again, is it... Is there really no way? ”

Li Tianran shook his head in frustration and replied softly: "Right now... There should be no way ... The murderer is really thoughtful! ”

As soon as these words came out, Wang Tianbao was also so angry that he took a few steps back, his lips kept trembling, it seemed that there was a fire in his heart, and he was unspeakably angry, and most of the bad people around him were deflated, and the efforts of the whole night and morning were in vain, and what was even more terrifying was that when this matter reached the right minister Yang Guozhong, he didn't know what kind of situation it would develop!

Just when everyone was silent, suddenly Wang Tianbao straightened up and said loudly: "Someone! Li Tianran indulged the murderer and caused the thief to escape, this crime will never be forgiven! Quickly tie it up and hand it over to the right prime minister's mansion to wait for it to fall! ”

As soon as this order came out, everyone was in an uproar, but they didn't expect Wang Tianbao to come to abandon the car at this time, and planned to put all the blame on Li Tianran's head! The bad guy Xiao Nian hurriedly knelt down and begged: "My lord, you can't do this!" It is not Li Tianran's fault that the murderer ran away, and sending him there like this is nothing more than his life! ”

Before Wang Tianbao could answer, someone next to him began to coax: "Li Tianran's indulgence of the murderer is not his fault, is it our fault?" He is not the only one who bears it, but we all have to bear it? "That's it! "Who let him deliberately let the murderer go!" ”。。。 In order to protect themselves, except for Xiao Nian, everyone actually stood on Wang Tianbao's side...

Li Tianran looked around, feeling helpless and desperate in his heart, and in the end he didn't say a word, just sighed, slowly closed his eyes, Wang Tianbao saw this and immediately reprimanded loudly: "Didn't you hear the order?" Tie me up for this murderer! As soon as the words fell, several bad people couldn't wait, and stepped forward to catch Li Tianran, and came to tie up.

Wang Tianbao glanced at the bad people on the side, and whispered: "Nothing can go wrong in this matter, you will send it to the right minister's mansion now, inform the truth of the matter, do you hear clearly?" ”

The bad guy nodded knowingly...