"I want to come here, Fang is the concubine of the beautiful woman Ye!"

Wang Mang smiled, secretly approached the room, and put his ear close to the window, listening carefully to the situation inside.

After listening to the private conversation between the two for a while, Wang Mang pursed his lips and left the place again.

It turned out that after the scholar and the beautiful woman Ye talked for a while, Ye couldn't bear the loneliness, so he and the scholar's ears and temples were compatible...

By the time Wang Mang returned to the City Lord's Mansion, it was already evening.

Wang Hai looked at the case file for two whole days, and his brows were not furrowed, and he was very embarrassed.

Now that he saw Wang Mang coming back, he had a poisonous fire in his heart for no reason.

I thought that I didn't eat or drink here, buried my head in consulting the files, and sorted out the context of the case, but Wang Mang ate, drank, and had fun all night and never returned. I was very aggrieved in my heart, and my face was frosty, but it was not good to come out.

"Cousin, why are you only coming back now? But it makes me so worried. There is a lot of injustice in the city right now, and you should not take it too lightly. ”

Wang Mang replied: "Thank you cousin for reminding me, I have my own measure." ”

"Proportion? Hum! ”

Wang Hai snorted coldly, "Cousin, where did you go to play yesterday?" I don't know what you think about the case? ”

"No eyebrows yet!" Wang Mang shook his head and said, "This case still has to be bothered by you, cousin, where can I figure this out?" ”

Wang Hai heard Wang Mang raise his hat, his heart was a little more relaxed, and he smiled lightly: "Cousin, don't be presumptuous, everyone starts from ignorance." Tomorrow we're going to visit and ask how it's going. ”

"Yes, cousin!" Wang Mang nodded yes, turned around and rested towards the side room.

On the third day, Wang Hai and Wang Ping came to Wang Mang's room early in the morning and asked Wang Mang to go with him to visit the people.

Wang Mang heard the words and went happily.

When the three of them had just walked out of the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, suddenly a big man walked in the distance, carrying a package in his hand.

The soldiers of the City Lord's Mansion stopped him and asked, "Who are you who dare to trespass on the City Lord's Mansion?" ”

Dahan replied: "The little one is a native of Aoki Village in Xicheng, named Yuan Kui, and when he got up to chop wood this morning, he saw a human head on the mountain. I found out that this human head was the one who killed Li Ao. The little one didn't dare to delay, so he hurriedly sent the head on. ”

"Oh? Li Ao's head? ”

The soldier was shocked, "You wait for a while, and then I will go and tell the city lord!" ”

Wang Hai and Wang Ping were taken aback and a little dumbfounded when they suddenly saw this situation. It was Wang Mang, who was expressionless, as if he had already guessed that there would be such a thing.

In an instant, Wang Hai didn't have the intention of going out to visit the people, and he entered the gate of the city lord's mansion again to try the case.

After a while, Wang Mang sat in the main seat of the trial, Wang Hai and Wang Ping sat in the deputy seats, and the city lord and some literati staff members observed, putting on a posture of three sessions.

Dahan came to the hall, put the head aside, knelt down and said: "Lord Qiqi Qingtian, this human head is small and I picked it up in the mountains this morning, and now I will present the human head to help the old man solve the case of Li Ao's murder as soon as possible." ”

When the people heard the words, they were amazed, and they exchanged ears and talked about it.

Wang Hai was about to ask one or two, Wang Mang slapped the tangmu in his hand violently, and Lang Lang said: "Everyone, be quiet, be quiet." ”

"Yuan Kui, you found Li Ao's head, it is a great achievement. The day before yesterday I asked the lord of the city to issue an example, saying that if anyone finds a head, I will reward him with a thousand pieces of silver. Now that you have found the head, you deserve the reward. ”

"Come on, hand over the reward to Yuan Kui!"

Yuan Kui replied: "Lord Qiyu, it is pure luck that the small one can find the head, and the small one does not dare to be greedy." For the matter of rewarding silver, please also ask the adults to take back their lives, and the small ones only ask the adults for one thing. ”

"Oh?"

Wang Mang asked, "You don't want to reward silver?" So what do you want? Tell me what to say, and if it makes sense, I'll make the decision for you. ”

Yuan Kui replied: "Back to the adult, the younger one has never married a wife after the age of thirty-seven because of his poor family. The lord issued a list on the same day, saying that as long as he found a head, he could marry Ye's wife. The little one implored the master to call the shots and marry the Ye family to me. ”

"So that's what happened?" Wang Mang nodded and said, "What's the problem about this matter?" Yuan Kui, now Ye's family has just lost her husband, so it is not appropriate to marry immediately. After the expiration of the one-year filial piety period, you can marry the Ye family. As for the silver taels, they should also be in thy possession. Otherwise, how can I be convinced? ”

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Yuan Kui shouted.

"Retreat," Wang Mang shouted.

"This..."

Wang Hai was anxious, and hurriedly said: "Wait, wait, I still have something to say." ”

Wang Mang shook his head and said, "Cousin, if you have something to say, you can talk about it later." Yuan Kui is a farmer, and farming is a big deal. Now that it is getting right, you must not delay his cultivation. ”

"But..."

"Nothing good but." Wang Mang's face turned cold, "When we came, my uncle said something first, this matter is my master, and I can handle it with full authority, you can't say more." Also, it was also my idea to issue a reward for the head of the previous list. Now that the head has been found, it has nothing to do with you, you can step back. ”

Wang Haiqi's face turned red, and he wanted to speak, but he was pulled by Wang Ping.

Yuan Kui received the reward, thanked Dai Defu and said a few more words, and then walked out of the lobby.

After he left, Wang Mang narrowed his eyes and muttered to himself: "I secretly investigated six suspicious single people the night before, but the remaining two have not had time to investigate. Among the remaining two, there is one person who is this Yuan Kui..."

After muttering to himself for a while, Wang Mang said to the city lord: "After two hours, you can order someone to post the list again, saying that the murderer has been arrested and is now in prison." The trial will be held tomorrow, and all the fathers and elders are invited to send representatives to attend the hearing. ”

"The murderer has been caught?" The city lord asked, "Young Master Wang, what do you mean by this?" Where did we catch the murderer? ”

"I said I've been caught, then I've been caught, you can't say more, just do what I say." Wang Mang shouted.

"Cousin, you can't be so nonsense!"

Wang Hai couldn't help it, and shouted: "Let's not talk about the murderer, let's say that Yuan Kui sent a head, and we should also ask about the reason and so on." How could he let him receive the reward and leave without asking like this? Also, maybe we can find the murder weapon with it. ”

"Yes, cousin, you're reckless about this." Wang Ping's face was also a little unkind, "When I came, my father said that my eldest brother and I should be the main one. However, if there is a disagreement in the course of action, I can still ask my father for a decision. I don't think you want to alarm my father about this, so..."

Wang Mang saw that she moved out of Wang Xianzhi, pondered for a while, and said to the city lord and the others: "You go down first, just do what I say, and there must be no negligence, otherwise it will be dealt with according to law." ”

The city lord and several staff members couldn't, so they had to take the order and get up to leave.

After the others left, Wang Mang said slowly: "Cousin, cousin, I already know this case, and the murderer also has eyebrows. As for the murder weapon, I also have thoughts. Otherwise, you really think that I went to the mountains and rivers two days ago, or not? The reason why I didn't ask much just now was because I had my own intentions. I wonder if you're interested in joining me to catch the murderer later? ”

"What? You already have eyebrows, you know who the murderer is? Wang Ping exclaimed: "How did you find out?" ”

Wang Mang said in a mysterious tone: "It's not a secret, before we came, when I heard about this case, I probably knew who the murderer was and what he killed for." ”

"It's impossible, you've never been here, and Ann can know who the murderer is." Wang Hai denied.

(End of chapter)