"Zhou Tingyu is dead?"

Li Gao and Ma Guangliang stared at Ma Yun closely, and saw that Ma Yun was also in disbelief, and was stunned for a moment. Suddenly, Ma Yun woke up like a sudden start, stepped forward and grabbed the guard's collar, and asked angrily, "Dead?" How did he die? ”

The guard whispered, "Lord Bing, he... He hanged himself. ”

Ma Yun pushed the guard hard, almost didn't push the guard to sit on the ground, and scolded: "You guys eat, why don't you take a good look at him." Grandma's, you can't look at such a big living person, what's the use of Lao Tzu asking you! Li Ergou, I arrested all the guards who were in charge of guarding Zhou Tingxue and threw me into the Xiangjiang River to feed the fish. ”

The guard fell to the ground and pleaded bitterly: "Lord, spare your life, spare your life." ”

According to common sense, the host beats and scolds the servant, and the guest has to be relieved no matter what he says to be polite, but today these two people are really amazing, Ma Guangliang drank tea and ignored it, Li Gao had a lively expression, and there was a faint sneer in his eyes.

Ma Yun said angrily: "Li Ergou, don't do it yet." ”

watched Li Ergou step forward and drag the guard out of the room, and the guard's begging for mercy was heard endlessly along the way. Ma Yun frowned, walked back, and asked distressedly: "Second brother, this Zhou Tingxue is dead." What should I do? ”

Ma Guangliang put down the teacup and said with a smile: "Fifth brother, haven't you already made it clear, this is dead, and it is just right to die, and it is a hundred." I'm also happy, fifth brother, you can play it to your father yourself. ”

Looking at Ma Guangliang's relaxed expression, Ma Yun was a little puzzled, and said, "Second brother, since you are here, you will naturally be in charge of the affairs here." You were ordered by the king in the public, aren't you still my second brother in private! ”

Ma Guangliang smiled, and said after a long time: "Fifth brother, this case is not easy to handle now, there is no evidence for evidence, there are no witnesses for witnesses, and there are no prisoners for prisoners, hey." I don't know how to decide the case, anyway, you haven't tried it, and you have decided the case. ”

Seeing that Ma Guangliang was going to push three, six or five, Ma Yun was secretly happy in his heart, but he said: "Second brother, I'm not a little hesitant, this morning, I received a report, when I heard that Zhou Tingzhi was greedy for 300,000 taels of silver, and he was really angry with this righteous indignation, and he sent someone to search the Foundry Bureau at that time, and immediately found out those silver guns filled with lead. But I didn't say the specific number, the whereabouts of the accounts, etc., I was in a hurry, so I used a big punishment, but I didn't expect him... He died like that. Second brother, at this time, you have to help me, otherwise I don't know how to explain to my father. ”

Ma Guangliang said with relief: "Fifth brother, don't worry, don't say that Zhou Tingzhi is corrupt, even if he is a big clean official and is killed by you, it is not a big deal." You can rest assured. In this way, Master Li and I will go to the prison to see that Zhou Tingxue. ”

At that moment, the three of them braved the rain and rode horses to the place where Zhou Tingzhi was held. This is an empty room next to the cell, which was originally a place for the cell leaders to rest, and was used as a place of detention for Zhou Tingxu. This room is five or six meters deep, ten meters deep, and there is a gray clothing belt floating on the beam, which must be used by Zhou Tingyu to hang himself.

Li Gao looked at the surrounding environment, and walked directly to the center of the hall, where there was a long board horizontally, and on the board was Zhou Tingxu's body. Zhou Tingzhi's hair was unkempt, his face was bloody, his eyes were round, his mouth was swollen, the corners of his mouth were bursting, his pale tongue was faintly sticking out, his appearance was already unrecognizable, the official uniform on his body was already relatively tattered, there was blood stains on it, and there was one less shoe under his feet, it seemed that he had suffered a lot of torture in front of him.

Seeing this, Li Gao couldn't help but glance at Ma Yun, this fifth prince seemed to be unbearable at the moment, looking compassionate. At that moment, he glanced at Ma Guangliang again, Ma Guangliang had already lost the gentleness just now, his face was a little yellow, and after glancing at the corpse, he turned his body around and never looked at it again. Li Gao's heart jumped when he didn't come: This person, who made a trip to the Central Plains, how did it become so obvious that he actually became a ruthless character.

Entering this room, Ma Yun stared at this "Zhou Tingyu" twice. After all, Ma Yun is a person who has been on the battlefield, but he was still startled by this ugly ghost at first sight, but he has a ghost in his heart, even if the scene is bloody, he still looks at it carefully, this person is really a little similar to Zhou Tingxue, slightly relieved, and said: "Second brother, this is Zhou Tingxue." ”

"Oh, oh, yes. Let's go out and ask the cell guards. Ma Guangliang looked out the door and walked out without looking back.

After walking out of the room, Ma Guangliang let out a sigh of relief, calmed down a little, and asked the guards of the guards, "How did Zhou Tingzhi die?" ”

After Ma Yun took over the case, he detained the prisoners and searched the Foundry Bureau, using his own guards. On the way back, Ma Yun expected that Ma Guangliang and they would definitely ask Zhou Tingyu how he died, so he ordered Li Ergou to release the guards who had just been taken into custody.

Now Ma Guangliang asked them, these people involuntarily secretly glanced at Ma Yun, saw Ma Yun nodded slightly, and the first one said: "Second Prince Bing, after this person passed the hall at noon and afternoon, he was still alive and kicking, and his spirit was not bad, but he just lay on the ground and didn't do anything." We didn't pay much attention to him, and it wasn't until the evening when we brought him food that we realized that he had hanged himself. ”

Ma Guangliang thought of Zhou Tingyu's tragic situation, and secretly scolded in his heart that he was beaten like that, and he could still be alive, he must have less qi to enter and more to afford to lie on the ground, so these guards were negligent.

Li Gao on the side asked some other things, but he couldn't ask why. When Ma Guangliang and Li Gao saw that it was getting late, the two said goodbye to Ma Yun and went back to their residence. Ma Yun escorted them all the way, sent them back to the inn where they were temporarily staying, and was about to send someone to protect them, but Li Gao refused; wanted to invite the two of them to dinner, Li Gao unceremoniously said that he had already eaten.

Ma Yun touched his nose with a gray nose, and returned to the county office full of complaints and questions, it was already ten points in the palm of the lamp, and he was also a little exhausted, sitting on the chair, waiting for the stall to eat, and actually fell asleep. I don't know how long it took, someone called softly: "Husband, husband, Li Ergou has an emergency to tell you." ”

Ma Yun woke up suddenly, he rubbed his eyes, moved his neck, and saw that Zhao Ziying, Jing Niang, and Qiao Niang were all there, so he said with a smile: "I'm so tired today, I can actually fall asleep while sitting." Li Ergou, what's the report? ”

Li Ergou walked up to Ma Yun from outside the door and said in a low voice: "Lord Wang, Zhou Tingzhi is dead." ”

Ma Yun looked at Li Ergou, damn it, isn't Zhou Tingyu dead? Suddenly, Ma Yun's face sank, and he asked urgently, "What's the matter?" He... Isn't he being sent to Gangneung? ”