After returning to the room, Zhang Zhiyuan asked Yang Congyi, "Among these six people, how many do you recognize?" ”

Yang Congyi said, "One." I don't remember very well the faces of the gangsters, but there were a few people with obvious characteristics, including the one with a black birthmark on the left side of his face, and I remember that he pulled the little girl out of the carriage and was kicked to the ground by surprise. ”

Zhang Zhiyuan nodded and said, "Okay, it's easy to recognize a case, and I'll interrogate it carefully." These bandits are so bold that none of them want to get away with it. After speaking, he turned his head and asked Zhang Peng, "How is Lord Mo doing?" ”

Zhang Peng thought for a while and said, "Don't hide it from your lordship, although Lord Mo's father and daughter are not worried about their lives at the moment, I am worried that they will not be able to escape this catastrophe." ”

Zhang Zhiyuan hurriedly asked, "What do you say?" ”

Zhang Peng said, "I heard Master Mo say that after they were rescued by the righteous in Taihu Lake, they met bandits again through Qizhou, and the gang of bandits did not seem to come to rob money, but fortunately, God has eyes, and the two Taoists who suddenly appeared rescued them and sent them all the way back to their hometown in Jiangling." When I was leaving, Master Mo explained that he had entrusted Xiaoyun to others and took him to a safe place, the ups and downs of the sea and the life and death of his life, please don't worry about his father and daughter, the officialdom is sinister, and he cherishes it. ”

Zhang Zhiyuan's face was gloomy after hearing this, and he was silent for a while.

Zhang Peng saw that Lord Zhang's face was ugly, so he said carefully, "My lord, why don't I find someone to protect them?" ”

Zhang Zhiyuan waved his hand and said, "It's useless, it's easy to dodge with open guns, but it's hard to defend against hidden arrows." I'll handle this matter myself, don't interfere. ”

Zhang Peng asked, "What do you want to do?" ”

Zhang Zhiyuan said, "When this case is over, I will repair a book, and you will send it to Lin'an, as long as this matter is clarified in the court, they will naturally not dare to find the trouble again." ”

Zhang Peng said, "In this case, isn't the adult going to be in danger?" ”

Zhang Zhiyuan said with a smile, "I have a small sentence, and they haven't taken me seriously." ”

Zhang Peng wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Zhang Zhiyuan, "Close the case in front of you first, and take your time in the future." ”

Yang Congyi was on the side, hearing the conversation between the two clearly, and he was horrified in his heart, it turned out that he had caused a lot of trouble on the spur of the moment, and he really didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse. But then he thought that such a big official as Lord Zhang was not afraid of having a family and a room, and what was he afraid of if he was alone, it was a big deal to be reincarnated earlier, so when he thought about it, he was calm in his heart, let it be.

Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside the room, thinking that Chen Zhixian had brought the suspect there.

Sure enough, I only heard Chen Zhixian ask outside the door, "Lord Zhang, the lower officials have brought all the suspects, can the interrogation begin?" ”

Hearing Chen Zhixian's question, Zhang Zhiyuan motioned for Zhang Peng to go out and take people, and the latter thought that he would quickly walk out of the house and chose someone to be caught in the room.

Yang Congyi saw that the man was a sturdy young man, and he stood in front of Zhang Zhiyuan and did not kneel.

Zhang Peng put his left hand on the young man's shoulder and pressed it, and said, "Kneel down and reply." The young man fell to his knees like clay, and turned his head to look at Zhang Peng with a frightened face, for he could no longer move.

Zhang Zhiyuan has been gloomy and ugly since he listened to Zhang Peng's report on the situation of Master Mo. At this time, looking at the young man's eyes, the fear in his heart was even heavier.

Zhang Zhiyuan said, "Say, now as long as you explain honestly, you can still get off lightly." ”

The young man hurriedly said, "Adults, small ones, all of them." It is true that the small one did not come from the right way, but the small one did not steal it, and it was given by others. ”

Zhang Zhiyuan said, "Make it clear." ”

After some inner struggle, the young man continued, "The silver is given to the villain by Master Zhao's fourth aunt, and I have a private friendship with her, and she is afraid that the matter will be revealed in the future, so she gave the villain a hundred taels of silver to seal her mouth." Please let the adults call the shots for the villain, spare the villain, if you let Master Zhao and the fourth aunt know too much, the villain will die. Ask Lord Qingtian to spare his life! After saying that, he cried and kowtowed.

When Zhang Zhiyuan heard such dirty things, he said angrily, "This kind of immoral thing is simply insulting, and you should be exiled to Lingnan." ”

When the young man heard this, he cried a handful of snot and tears, and kept kowtowing and begging, "I beg Lord Qingtian to spare my life, there are still old fathers and mothers in the villain's house to serve, and Lord Qingtian will spare my life, spare my life." ”

Zhang Zhiyuan didn't bother to pay attention to him anymore, and said to Yang Cong, "Record the things he confessed, if you don't repent, you will definitely be severely punished to set an example!" ”

After the young man understood what Zhang Zhiyuan meant, tears of excitement flowed for a long time, and he kowtowed to thank him, "Thank you, Lord Qingtian, for sparing your life." ”

Yang Congyi doesn't know where Zhang Zhiyuan's anger comes from, can this male and female love be heavier than the crime of stealing? But he couldn't ask in detail, so he took up a pen and wrote down the things that the young man had confessed in the booklet.

Zhang Zhiyuan said loudly outside the door, "Come on, put the suspect in prison, and notify the family tomorrow to claim it." ”

The two servants entered the house at the call, and took up the young man's arms, one on the left and one on the right, and with great effort they lifted the man up. The two servants scolded their mothers in their hearts, this kid actually pretended to be dead, and let their brothers spend so much effort, they really didn't know whether they were alive or dead, and they were about to kick a few times, but they found that the man's legs kept trembling, and he couldn't use his strength at all when he landed on his toes. Only then did I know that this kid was afraid of being frightened, and he had already lost his soul.

The officials dragged the young man to the door, only to see that the young man was full of tears and snot, his hands and feet were trembling, his toes were on the ground, and his feet were floating, and the two officials who led the people showed a painful look on their faces, obviously they were also overwhelmed, and the weight of such a strong man was all pressed on them.

Everyone looked at each other behind them when they saw them, their hearts were full of questions and fear, and of course, admiration for Zhang Tixing.

Chen Zhixian waved his hand, signaling them to send people to prison quickly, and at the same time, he was also curious about Zhang Zhiyuan's handling methods.

Without waiting for the suspect who was dragged away to go away, Zhang Peng came out and selected another person to take into the house.

Entering the house, without waiting for Zhang Zhiyuan to speak, the man stepped forward and knelt on the ground, and hurriedly begged for mercy, "The adult spares his life, and the villain explains." Last month, the little lady of Mr. Li's family in Qinghe Town died of illness, and when she heard that there were a lot of jewelry, gold and silver for the funeral, the villain became greedy and stole the little lady's tomb. begged the adults to be merciful and spared the lives of the little ones. ”

Zhang Zhiyuan hit the case with his hand, stood up angrily, and said angrily, "Bold! Dig graves and dig graves, lose your conscience! After speaking, he suddenly felt a little out of shape, so he sat down slowly, forced the anger in his chest and said, "The little lady has not yet married, and it is unfortunate that she died of illness at home. ”

Then he said to Yang Congyi, "Record it in the case and retry it at a later date." Then he shouted outside the door, "Come on, put the prisoner on death row." ”

Everyone outside the house had already heard the sound of Zhang Zhiyuan roaring and slapping the table, and the two officials entered in response and dragged the prisoner out of the house who kept kowtowing and begging for mercy.

Chen Zhixian really listened to Zhang Zhiyuan's words of digging graves and digging graves, he didn't know about such a major event in advance, and he felt ashamed in his heart, and hated this prisoner even more, so he only listened to his fierce instructions, "Put this prisoner on death row, take good care of it, if something happens, you will look good." ”

When the prisoner was not taken away, Zhang Peng went out of the door again and selected the suspect to enter the house for trial.

Chen Zhixian listened outside the house, and his heart was full of emotion, Master Zhang's methods are clever, and the suspect who is not afraid of the torture tools in front of him, how can he explain everything in front of him? It seems that being able to be a criminal officer is still related to his ability to try cases and break prison, not just by the appreciation and promotion of high-ranking officials. If no one is promoted in his life, I am afraid he will not be able to reach the height of Lord Zhang.

Chen Zhixian secretly thought about his past, present, and future, and almost forgot that Zhang Zhiyuan and they were still interrogating the suspect in the house.

When he came back to his senses, there was only one suspect left in front of him, a suspect with a black birthmark on his face, and he didn't know whether Master Zhang had tried the murderer of the Xiaosongpo bloody case.

I only heard Zhang Zhiyuan shouting loudly in the house, "Come on, put the suspect in the prison, and notify the family to claim it tomorrow." ”

The two officials hurriedly pushed the door in, brought the suspect out, and escorted him straight to the direction of the prison.

There is only one suspect left, Chen Zhixian is worried, and he doesn't know how Zhang Zhiyuan and their trial went.

Zhang Peng came out without saying a word, and brought the last suspect into the room for a final interrogation.

The birthmark man entered the house, stood without kneeling, and looked fearless.

Zhang Peng said, "Kneel down and speak." ”

The birthmark man replied, "I didn't steal or steal, you guys are arresting people indiscriminately, I have nothing to explain, why do you kneel." ”

Zhang Peng's eyes were cold, and he put his hand on the suspect's shoulder.

The birthmark big man reached out and was about to grab Zhang Peng's wrist, but as soon as he touched his wrist, Zhang Peng grabbed his wrist with his backhand. Zhang Peng used a little force, and the birthmark man gritted his teeth in pain.

Zhang Peng said, "Kneel down." As he spoke, he slapped a palm on the shoulder of the big man, and the big man knelt on the ground in response.

The birthmark man cried out in pain, "I didn't steal, why did you arrest me." ”

Zhang Zhiyuan said, "Whether you stole or not, the official doesn't know, but the official knows that you are a robber and robber." ”

The birthmark man shouted, "Fart." Don't think that if you are an official, you can just wronged good people. Uncle, I don't eat this set. ”

The big man's exit was not inferior, Zhang Peng's hand was hard, and he grinned dryly.

Zhang Zhiyuan said, "Whether it is wronged or not, I will let you know immediately." After speaking, he motioned to Yang Congyi to recognize the person.

Yang Congyi put down the pen in his hand, stepped forward to stand still in front of the big man, took off the black scarf on his face, looked at him and said, "Four months ago, I kicked you in Xiaosongpo, do you remember?" ”

The birthmark big man looked at this young man, and always felt that where had he really seen it, four months ago? suddenly remembered a big business done at that time, wasn't he the Yang Lao Wu who was arrested? How did it get released? Hurriedly denied, "Who you are, I don't know you." ”

Zhang Zhiyuan said angrily, "I dare to deny it in front of the witness." On April 12 this year, you killed and robbed people and property in Xiaosongpo, killing and injuring more than 10 people. Do you know who you killed? An important minister of the court, a servant of the ministry. According to the law of the Great Song Dynasty, murdering important ministers of the court, punished according to the crime, beheading the public, within the three clans, men are slaves, and women are prostitutes. Even if you do not admit your guilt, the official can still convict you if there is evidence. Since this official took charge of the prison, he has investigated hundreds of unjust cases and broken prisons, and there has never been a case that could not be solved, and there has never been a wrongful or unjust case. Don't leave anything to chance, as long as you take the time to sort out your relationships, your accomplices will emerge one by one. Now this official gives you a chance, as long as you tell your accomplices, this official can not hold your clansmen and relatives accountable, there is only one chance, think clearly before answering. ”

The birthmark big man's heart is turbulent, and what he has done is clear, so he doesn't dare to shout injustice. Now admitting it is only death, if you don't admit it, you will still die, once they are targeted, as long as you go to the house and search casually, those stolen goods will definitely be searched, and if you don't admit it, you will have to die. If it were someone else who was arrested today, they would certainly confess him for the sake of their family's suffering. Instead of letting his family suffer, it is better to confess them all, anyway, they have all killed people and stained blood, karma, they should have died a long time ago, and they can't complain about him.

After some painful inner struggle, the birthmark man asked, "Does your word count, and if I confess the others, I will spare my family?" ”

Zhang Zhiyuan said, "This official can guarantee that as long as you tell all of them without revealing anything, this official will not hold you accountable for the crimes of the three clans." ”

After hearing this, the birthmark man relented, "Okay, I hope that the adults will count, and after the villain says their names, the adults will promise not to pursue the villain's family." ”

Zhang Zhiyuan said, "This official guarantees." Then he said to Yang Congyi, "Start recording." ”

It took about a stick of incense for the birthmark man to confess all the people in the case from the oldest to the smallest. Yang Congyi carefully investigated, there were as many as twenty-three people, and he was shocked, this underworld force is big enough.

After the list was confessed, Zhang Zhiyuan said in a loud voice, "Come on, put the prisoner on death row." ”

The birthmark man struggled to kowtow, hoping that Zhang Tixing could fulfill his promise and not affect his family.

The officials entered the house and carried the prisoners, who were unable to stand firmly, and went straight to the prison.