It is said that the dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, and the rabbit bites when he is in a hurry. Zhuang Xing was cornered by Wei Ju, snatched the sword from the doorman's hand, broke free from the support of his wife and the doorman, and stabbed Wei Ju with his sword. He suddenly burst into trouble, Wei Ju, a scholar, really hadn't experienced this kind of life and death situation, he didn't have time to react, and he was so frightened that he was stunned in place.

Fortunately, Jiang Hyun took Shi A and Jing Wei to accompany Wei Ju all the time, Jiang Hyun and Shi A reacted quickly, one left and one right, one sword hit Zhuang Xing's sword-holding right arm, and the other kicked Zhuang Xing's lower abdomen, Zhuang Xing hit two moves at the same time, "Oops! He collapsed to the ground, and the sword in his hand fell to the ground with a "choking".

Jing Wei, who was originally standing behind Jiang Xun, also bypassed Wei Ju and pounced, grabbed Zhuang Xing's collar, and scolded: "It's you, the dog official, who stopped me from meeting the county monarch in person, causing my fellow villagers to die tragically under Wang Qiao's knife!" As he spoke, he didn't understand his hatred, and punched Zhuang Xing in the face with enough strength. Zhuang Xing's left arm was stabbed by Jiang Xun, and he was kicked by Shi A in the lower abdomen, and before he could slow down, he ate Jing Wei's old punch again, only to feel a "bang" sound, and his eyes were dark, only to feel that the stars were moving and the sky was spinning, and with Jing Wei's strength, his back hit the pillar, and this collision caused the undigested lunch at noon and a mouthful of blood all vomited out.

Jiang Xun put the sword into the sheath, and when he saw that Jing Wei was about to step forward and beat Zhuang Xing, the horizontal sword stopped him, and he pretended to be angry and scolded: "In front of the county monarch, you must not be rude!" Jing Wei was also obedient, smacked Zhuang Xing fiercely, reluctantly suppressed his anger, and returned to Jiang Xun's back.

Zhuang Xing knelt on the ground with his buttocks against the pillar, he raised his crooked face, and said vaguely: "I...... I am a subordinate of Zhang Chang's servant, if you arrest me, let alone a county order, it will be ...... Even the three princes and nine kings of the DPRK and the Central Committee will not escape death! If you are not afraid of death, come and arrest me!" ”

Zhuang Xing's words can threaten others, but they can't threaten Wei Ju, who is already determined to go against the Zhang family.

Wei Ju was really taken aback by Zhuang Xing, but fortunately, he didn't lose his temper, he saw that Zhuang Xing was still threatening with a fierce face, and he didn't take it to heart, but just said coldly: "Your subordinate Wang Liu has confessed, saying that you secretly communicated with the Zhang family and colluded with Wang Qiao, not only robbing the township, but also wanting to rob the military horses. But you instigated your family members to resist arrest with weapons, and in front of this county, not only did you not admit your guilt, but also dared to threaten and assassinate your county? ”。

Zhuang Xing missed a blow, and the courage that he had barely mustered was instantly discharged, he rubbed on the ground, knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "Wei ...... Listen to me, O Wei Jun, Jun ...... If you let me go, I will repay the great kindness! I will ask Chang Chang to protect the ...... Bao Jujun, Jujun into the middle of the dynasty. With Jun's virtue and ability, it is easy to discuss Lang, and there is no difficulty in the position of Jiuqing! In any case, this grace ...... It will be repaid, this favor will be repaid! ”

"Hehe," Wei Ju said with a smile: "You are a guest of the Zhangjia family, and you only got a county lieutenant, how dare you say that you can get the position of Jiuqing for this county?" ”

Listening to Wei Ju's words, Zhuang Xing mistakenly thought that Wei Ju had loosened his mouth and could really let himself go for the sake of his career, so he immediately came to his strength and hurriedly said: "You can get the position of Jiuqing, not because you saved me, but because of ...... Cause...... It is because of the virtue and talent of the king! I didn't lie, as long as Jun Ken let me go and put myself under Zhang Chang's servant, the position of Jiuqing is at your fingertips! Ordinary people can only get the position of Jiuqing if they pay 50 million yuan, as long as you vote for Zhang Changshou, you can not get a penny! ”

The more Wei Ju listened, the more angry he became, slapped Zhuang Xing in the face, and shouted: "The position of Jiuqing, the weight of the country!" Only weapons and names, no dummies! As soon as Zhang Rang introduced eunuchs, he dared to sell his official beard and order the minister! You are a broken spine slave, and you dare to talk to the county about the court minister? ”

Wei Ju's slap also exerted a lot of strength, and he almost hit himself with red and swollen palms and dislocated wrists, so you can imagine what happened to Zhuang Xing.

Zhuang Xing was beaten to the point that he was even a little confused, and his body kneeling on the ground was also a little shaky, and he suddenly coughed violently, spitting out a mouthful of blood mixed with two teeth. He was desperate for survival, hugged Wei Ju's leg with all his might, and tried to say something, wanting to continue to beg Wei Ju. Wei Ju thought he was noisy, right-clicked on his mouth, and the dirty blood gushing out of his mouth opened his clothes, flicked his legs, kicked Zhuang Xing to the side, and ordered left and right: "Tie up!" ”

The county guards on the left and right rushed up and tied up Zhuang Xing. At this time, an old man hurriedly came in from outside the door of the village, his hair was gray, his face was anxious, he was panting, and he was trotting all the way, obviously tired enough. The county guards along the way did not stop him, Jiang Xun guessed that it should be the county man who has not shown up, but he still doesn't know what the origin of this county is and what is his attitude towards this matter?

This old man is Cheng Chen Da of Suozao County, he has never seen Jiang Xun, but he speculates that he is either a child of the Wei family or a scholar that Zhuang Xing attaches more importance to, and he bowed to Jiang Xun slightly, neither introducing himself, nor waiting for Jiang Xun to return the gift, so he hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Wei Ju, and pointed to Zhuang Xing, who was lifted up by the two county guards, and said: "County Jun, why is this so?" ”

Chen Da is a native of Fengqiu, Linxian County, not young, almost sixty years old, and he is already a long-lived person in this era. In the previous struggle between Wei Ju and Zhuang Xing, he did not take sides, but he was known to be famous and diligent in political affairs, and Wei Ju also respected him a lot, so he patiently explained: "Old Chen, I have found out that Zhuang Xing colluded with the bandit Wang Qiao to rob the township, and secretly communicated with the Yingchuan Zhang family to steal the military horses of the imperial court. ”

"This ...... This...... You've caused a big disaster! Chen Da was obviously worried that such a violent method would attract revenge from Zhuang Xing's backstage, that is, the Zhang family, but the matter had come to this point, and there was no way to do it. He looked at Zhuang Xing, who had swollen cheeks on both sides, messy hair, and was tied up with flowers, like a dead chicken in the hands of the two county guards, and said: "Although Zhuang Xing is extremely evil, after all, he is the secretary of the imperial court and the county lieutenant of this county, does the king save him some face?" ”

Wei Ju spread his hands and said, "Zhuang Xing, as the captain of a county, enforces the law and violates the law, what face do you need?" ”

"Alas!" Chen Da turned his head, pointed to a cadre of doormen and house slaves who were held outside the house, and said, "What about these people?" ”

Wei Ju was still respectful, and said in a soft tone: "These people are all armed to resist arrest, and anyone who knows the inside story of this case will naturally have to be brought back for torture." ”

Seeing that Chen Da was going to say something, Wei Ju was also afraid of long nights and dreams, so he hurriedly said: "Old Chen, this case is very important, and there may be a lot of hidden secrets in it. It's getting late, so Chen might as well go back and rest and recuperate. The follow-up trial of this case still needs Chen Lao's efforts! ”

"Alas! You can do it yourself. I was too old to be frightened, and I was so frightened at the sight of blood that I had to rest at home for a few days. The affairs of the county, you are independent! Chen Da is really an honest man, seeing that he was too late to stop it, Wei Ju gave another order to evict the guests, so he borrowed the donkey from the slope and left quickly. This matter involved the Zhang family, Chen Da felt that it was better for Mingzhe to protect himself, and he didn't want to stay in this place for a moment. And until the case is thoroughly understood, Chen Da doesn't want to go out again.

After seeing Chen Da leave, Wei Ju ordered a confidant and arranged: "Put Zhuang Xing in the county jail and detain him alone, and no one is allowed to contact him without my permission." "When Wei Ju first came to Sour Zao, he brought two henchmen, these two henchmen were not locals, they were brought by Wei Ju all the way from Jiaozhou, so they were quite trusting, so as soon as they took office, they were arranged in the county pawns. Wang Qiao is dead, Zhuang Xing is very important, it is likely to further expand the scope of people involved in the case, Wei Ju attaches great importance to him, and except for his two henchmen, he is not worried that Zhuang Xing will contact anyone after his arrest.

The henchman responded, took a group of county guards, and escorted Zhuang Xing away. Wei Ju asked Zhuang Xing's wife and children to be sent into the house, and he returned to the front hall of the Zhuang house, and a group of doormen and house slaves were also escorted.

Wei Ju sat on the top and invited Jiang Hyun to sit on the right, while Shi A and Jing Wei stood behind Jiang Hyun on the right and left. Wei Ju's other henchman stood in the hall with a knife and a bright blade, and the twenty county guards were arranged in two rows, and the eight still living doormen and house slaves knelt in a row below.

"Ahem," Wei Ju cleared his throat and said loudly, "Yu Zhuangxing Wang Qiao's case, who knows the inside story?" ”

"I don't know!" "County gentleman, I don't know!" "I've never seen Wang Qiao before!" ……

There was a lot of coaxing and shouting below, Wei Ju waved his hand impatiently to interrupt, and scolded: "You still dare to protect Zhuang Xing? It is necessary to know that you should have abandoned the city and thought that Zhuang Xing was bewitched, and this county will give you a chance to tell you what you know, so that you can avoid death, don't be ignorant! ”

Jiang Xun looked at the row of doormen and house slaves on the side, and then looked at Wei Ju, and muttered in his heart, Wang Liu, the doorman of Zhuang Xing, had already confessed, and Wei Ju had always claimed that human and material evidence was there, why was he in a hurry to interrogate these doormen and house slaves? To say that the theft of military horses is Zhang Rang behind the scenes, quite far-fetched, Zhang Rang is in the center, as long as a little operation, countless money is rolling in, the success rate of stealing military horses is not high, and the risk is very high, may not be able to do things and hide from the world, once this matter is to let the Son of Heaven know, there is a possibility of falling out of favor, Zhang Rang has no need to take risks. But if Wei Ju wanted to bite Zhang Rang, even if he only wanted to involve Zhang Lun, then even if he forced out a few confessions, there would be no conclusive physical evidence.

Jiang Hyun was thinking about Wei Ju's intentions, and at this time, a county pawn came in from the back of the hall, one of the county pawns who had gone to search the back house before, and the county pawn whispered a few words in Wei Ju's ear and retreated. Jiang Hyun noticed that after the county pawn left, Wei Ju's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he seemed to be slightly uneasy. I saw Wei Ju gritting his teeth and glancing at the henchman who was left, and the henchman showed a fierce look on his face, and he raised his knife and cut off the head of a doorman beside him.

The human head rolled to the ground, and the blood in the chest cavity suddenly lost its pressure, spurting out more than five feet high, and the body that had been kneeling fell forward, staining a large circle of floor around it. The remaining few doormen and house slaves were frightened, and Wei Ju almost gritted his teeth and said, "Say!" ”

The remaining seven doormen and house slaves looked at each other, obviously stunned by Wei Ju's sudden killer, and a few of them were so frightened that they peed their pants. The henchman smelled the smell of urine, and seemed to be impatient with Wei Ju, so he slashed down again and hacked a house slave to death.

Kill two people in a row, this is really going to kill them all! The third doorman saw Wei Ju's henchman raise the knife again, obviously coming at him, regardless of the fact that his crotch was wet, he rushed forward and shouted: "County Jun!" The county gentleman spares his life! I know, I say! I say it all! ”

Wei Ju raised his hand and signaled his henchmen not to do it yet, and then said, "You can't be deceitful. ”

"Yes...... Be...... In the past month, the home ...... Zhuang Xing and Yingchuan Zhang Jun have many correspondence, the first ten days, there is a person, dressed as a ranger, twice to find Zhuang Xing, both from the back door, Zhuang Xing asked me not to reveal anything to the outside world, and did not let us inquire about the person's whereabouts. ”

The doorman originally wanted to call Zhuang Xing the head of the family, but he suddenly thought of what the current situation was, so he suddenly changed his words. Wei Ju didn't have the heart to pay attention to this, but found very important information from what he said, and hurriedly asked, "Correspondence?" Where are the letters? ”

"In the study."

"Nonsense! I've sent someone to search the study, but there are no letters at all! ”

"This ...... This ......"

Jiang Xun, who has been listening, thought that the letters exchanged by Zhuang Xing and Zhang Lun in collusion should be the physical evidence of this case, and it is basically the only physical evidence that can be obtained at this stage, that is to say, in Wei Ju's hands, it is very likely that there is no physical evidence, and it is completely based on Wang Liu's confession that he is likely to be tortured into a trick to arrest Zhuang Xing.