Kaifeng Mansion Yamen, Tong Judge Hall, two halls.

Similar to Zhong Yu's reaction, Xue Yuanpeng's expression also changed after listening to Sun Tu's report, revealing a look of surprise: "How is this possible?" Sun Tu, it's a big deal, don't talk nonsense! Frightened, he no longer called Sun Tu's cousin Qianli.

Sun Tu looked at his boss calmly, with a serious expression: "How dare the lower officials talk nonsense on such a major matter, it is really because some evidence has been found." As he spoke, he told him about the arrest of Huang Qi and the three of them in Maojia Lane a few days ago, and the fact that the fire was found to be in Zhang Laosi's house before.

Xue Yuanpeng's face changed a few times, but he still said: "Even so, it is not enough to conclude that this is what Huang Qi and the three of them did." Although they have been expelled from the yamen by me, they will not do such a thing as knowing the law and breaking the law! "If this fire is man-made, the crime is too big, if it is really done by Huang Qi and them, even the entire Kaifeng Mansion may be implicated.

Sun Tu didn't force a confrontation with his boss, but just kept silent. This made Xue Tongjuan feel a little relieved: "Although the two seem to be related, more evidence and clues are needed to determine this matter." Qianli, this official knows that you are in a hurry to make meritorious contributions, and you have a disagreement with a few of them, but you should not be so reckless to make this assertion. At the same time, he quickly calculated in his heart, thinking about how to bring Huang Qi and the others back to the yamen for careful interrogation without causing too much impact.

But at this moment, Sun Fu ran over with a nervous expression: "Tong Juan, the soldiers and horses of the Street Division suddenly escorted Huang Qi, You Laoba, Yan Huan and others to the front of the mansion, saying that they had committed a serious crime and needed to be handed over to Tong Ju and Sun Dutou for disposal." ”

"What?" Xue Yuanpeng almost bounced up from his seat, and then his eyes fell on Sun Tu, was it all he arranged? is really bold, such a big thing did not consult with his boss for instructions, and directly colluded with other yamen......

Sun Tu calmly responded to his somewhat angry eyes, and said calmly: "The general judgment, the lower officials also thought of using means to force them to show their feet because they knew that they couldn't come up with conclusive evidence. Now it seems that they are thieves! ”

It turned out that Sun Tu asked Zhong Yu to send someone to guard the vicinity of Huang Qi's three residences, and once they found that the three families wanted to escape, the people from the Street Division immediately took down the people. And now it seems that everything really happened as he predicted.

After listening to Sun Tu's explanation, Xue Yuanpeng was completely speechless. After being silent for a moment, he could only sigh: "Bring in all the relevant people, and the official will ask the case face to face!" From his words, it can be seen that he has accepted Sun Tu's previous statement.

If you don't accept it, you can't do it, this matter has been related to the people of the Street Division, and the Street Division is behind the Imperial City Division, and this matter can't be turned into a big deal anyway, so it can only be done officially, I hope it won't implicate itself.

Sun Tu also saw this, the corners of his mouth turned up, and his response really worked. Therefore, he risked the risk of inevitably offending Xue Tong's sentence and even the entire Kaifeng Mansion to ask Zhong Yu to take people, precisely because he was concerned about the current style of officialdom that likes to cover the lid and turn big things into small things. Only when the case cannot be controlled only within the Kaifeng Mansion will Xue Tong's judgment not cover up or conceal it.

After experiencing last night's fire, seeing the tragic experience of those innocent people, and knowing the result of more than 30 people being buried in the fire, Sun Tu was full of resentment towards these arsonists, and just wanted to take them down and make them pay for what they had done. For this reason, even if it will offend your boss and colleagues, even if it will affect your future, you can't care about it.

After a while, more than a dozen men and women who looked panicked were brought to the hall by the messengers, and when they saw Xue Tong's sentence with a gloomy expression, Huang Qi and the three of them knelt down first, and shouted in their mouths: "Xue Tongju, ......who are we wronged?" In addition to Huang Qi and the three of them, there were also family members who were ready to leave together, as well as three yamen helpers who reported the news like Bai Jiu.

"Wronged? How dare you say that? Aren't you afraid that the souls of innocent people who died in the fire last night will come to you and ask for your life? Sun Tusenran said.

When Huang Qi said this, his body trembled suddenly, and he lowered his head and eyes, but he didn't dare to argue. And Xue Tong's heart was even more cold when he saw this, it seemed that this matter was really related to them, and he immediately slapped the case: "If you still have a trace of conscience, you will honestly confess the crimes you have committed." Otherwise, this official will be severely punished! As he spoke, the servants threw all kinds of torture instruments on the ground with a bang, causing everyone's bodies to tremble even more, and their faces were frightened.

Seeing that they still refused to speak, Sun Tu said again: "Say, did you put the fire in Changxingfang last night?" Do you know how many people died because of this fire, and how many people were ruined by this family! ”

"Small wrongs, through the judgment of Mingjian, even if we have the courage to do such a thing, we dare not do such a ......thing" Huang Qi's reaction was the fastest, this old fritter in the officialdom had faintly noticed that the other party did not seem to have any substantial evidence, so he forcibly suppressed the fear in his heart and shouted injustice again.

After he opened his mouth, You Laoba and Yan Huan also shouted one after another: "Wronged, Sun Dutou, although we have some grudges with you, you can't put such a felony on our heads because of this." They are well aware of the truth of muddying the waters, and simply point out the contradictions between the two sides. Afterwards, several people, together with their family members, kowtowed vigorously to Xue Yuanpeng and shouted grievances, looking like they were denying death.

This really made Xue Yuanpeng a little embarrassed, because he really didn't have any evidence in his hand to prove that the three of them set the fire. Of course, if someone else is suspicious, Xue Tong can be sentenced to torture him at this time, but for these three people, because he has concerns, he can't forcibly ask the case.

Sun Tu's face sank, and he immediately said: "It seems that the three of you don't cry when you don't see the coffin." Bai Jiu, why were the three of you brought? But because he went to his three houses to report and let them escape from Tokyo as soon as possible, they were taken down together? Who told you to report the letter, and what did he say? If there is a lie, it is the complicity of the three of them! He quickly found a new breakthrough and threw the pressure on Bai Jiu and the three of them.

As the most complicated yamen in the city of Tokyo, the total number of officials and servants in Kaifeng Prefecture is less than 200, especially the number of errand workers is only about 100. It is naturally impossible to do everything with this amount of manpower, so you need to find someone to help, and this is the person who helps in front of the yamen. Although they are also members of the Kaifeng Mansion, they are not on the official roster, and their status is even lower than that of temporary workers in later generations, and they can only earn a few hard-earned money by relying on their intelligence and ability.

Bai Jiu and the three of them are such an existence, relying on befriending the servants to catch them quickly to give themselves some identity and power, so as to seek more benefits. Now that they were frightened by Sun Tu's words, the three helpers really all showed panic, they had nothing to do with this case, they were just entrusted by someone to report the news, how could they dare to cover up for Huang Qi and others now.

After only hesitating for a moment, Bai Jiu had already spoken: "If you are sentenced to spare your life, you will spare your life...... The little one was indeed affected by Xu Ye...... Huang ......, who Xu Fei asked to meet, Huang Qi. What he asked me to say was that the truth about the fire last night had been found out by Sun Dutou, and I am afraid that the government will soon arrest them......

As soon as these words came out, the faces of Huang Qi and the three of them suddenly turned pale, this is good, there was no evidence, and he was empty-hearted, but he sat down on the charge.

This is also a trick by Sun Tubu, he expected that Huang Qi and the others must have friends in the yamen who would pass on the news, so he deliberately asked Cui Luoshang to ask him about the relevant results halfway, and then used this to lure the snake out of the hole and force them to show their feet.

Now, even if there is conclusive evidence. After all, now is not the afterlife, a perfect chain of evidence is needed to convict people, for today's government, as long as there is some evidence, the next conviction can be tortured and questioned!

It was not until this time that many people suddenly understood, it turned out that Sun Tu had laid out this game early in the morning, just waiting for Huang Qi and them to jump down by themselves!